An Interesting New Kingdom Stela from Thebes Cairo Museum (CG 34045) /
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The object of this paper is to make known a New Kingdom stela from the Theban necropolis, currently displayed at the Cairo Museum (CG 34045, JE. 4746). The stela belongs to a s?m ‘š n ’Imn named Userhat. It has a distinctive shape showing an outer frame with a rounded top surrounding a representation in high relief of a false door mounted by a human head with two hands raised in adoration. With such unusual composition the object, I assume, was intended to fulfill the roles of two important funerary architectural elements: a false door and a stelophorous statue. The twofold function of the object is supported by the arrangement of its textual and iconographical details that are clearly touching on two themes: the endowment of funerary requests, and the facilitation of the deceased’s daily resurrection with the rising sun, on two main parts (the false door and the round topped outer frame), so that each part would achieve a function. Cairo Museum (CG 34045) can be assigned a date early in the reign of Thotmoses III, on the basis of internal evidence combined with the information provided by two other objects that are very likely belonging to the same s?m ‘š n ’Imn Wsr-h3t (stela St. Petersburg Ermitage no. 1093, and stela National Museum Stockholm, no 42).
A Late Middle Kingdom Private Stela of the Priests of Hathor (Cairo Museum CG 20780) /
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In this paper, the stela of Senbi (CG 20780), the great wab-priest of Hathor, as well as overseer of fields, and his wife Nebunakht, who was also a priestess of Hathor, is published exclusively for the first time. The stela is currently preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Unfortunately, nothing is mentioned about this stela’s provenance in the museum’s records. The stela alludes to several titles of both Senbi (imy-r3 3?(w)t and w‘b ‘3 n ?wt-?r) and his wife Nebunakht (?mt n?r ?wt-?r), but the unique peculiarity of the stela is its reference to the epithet sn ?q3 “The Brother of the Ruler.” This stela can be dated to the late Middle Kingdom based on the individuals’ names, as well as the titles of the owner and his family. The design and the depiction of multiple members in the stela are also characteristics of the Middle Kingdom stelae. All these criteria, along with some relevant grammatical features contribute to a late Middle Kingdom date—most likely the Thirteenth Dynasty. The author describes the stela, discusses its philological, iconographical, and stylistic features, and examines the titles of its owners.
Archaic Egypt : first and second dynasties 3100-2700 B.C.
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This publication was made possible through the generosity of the Egyptian American Bank and the American Research Center in Egypt."
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[17] leaves of pages : illustrations, map ; 30 cm.
Newsletter, Number 76 (JANUARY 1971)
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CONTENTS:
The Passing of a Leader--
Notes from Princeton--
The Roentgenographic Study of the New Kingdom Pharaohs of the Cairo Museum--
And Never the Twain Shall Meet? by Ralph M. Coury--
On Getting Around in the Cairo Archives / by F. Robert Hunter--
Further Notes on Research Facilities in the U.A.R. by / Melissa Coury--
Government of the U.A.R--
Campagne de Fouilles de Universita di Roma by Sergio Donadoni--
Report on the Third Season of the Austrian Excavations in the Asasif, Luxor-West (November 1970) / by Manfred Bietak--
Egyptological Plans in Yugoslavia by / Bernarda Perc--
At the Cairo Museum by Leonard H. Lesko Notes on Activities in the U.A.R. Department of Antiquities--
Other Expeditions--
The Center's Guest Book--
Minutes of Meeting of Members--
Abstracts of some of the Papers presented at the 1970 Annual Meeting.