Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · stela

Stela of Lady Horemheb Middle KingdomHaraga, Egypt

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Description

Object Label: Not all funerary stelae made for women were as modest as this one, which was not carved but decorated only with paint. The stela is shaped like a shrine, with an architectural molding and cornice, and an offering sign consisting of a loaf of bread on a mat. A pair of wedjat-eyes, signifying wholeness and protection, surmounts this composition underneath a short prayer to Osiris, god of the dead, for the “Mistress of the House,” Horemheb. Caption: Stela of Lady Horemheb, ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 24 7/16 x 15 5/8 x 5 11/16 in. (62 x 39.7 x 14.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 14.669. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Connections

Found at Haraga
Deities Osiris
Royals Horemheb
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (3)

  • BKM-Accession 14.669 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3125 tier-2
  • PNM-Object pnm:83888906 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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