File:1920.262 - Stela of Amenemhat and Hemet.jpg
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Ancient Egyptian Title Stela of Amenemhat and Hemet Place Egypt (Object made in) Date Made 1956 BCE–1877 BCE Medium Limestone and pigment Inscriptions The hieroglyphic text names the deceased and family and calls upon the god Osiris to grant them sustenance in the afterlife. [top] “A gift the king gives consisting of 1,000 of bread, beer, oxen, fowl, alabaster, linen, provisions, and every good thing upon which a god lives” [right] “The one revered before Osiris, Lord of Busiris, the Great God, Lord of Abydos” [hieroglyphic captions] “Amenemhat” “Invocation offerings for the ka (soul) of the God’s Father Amenemhat, born of Ip” “His wife, whom he loves, Hemet, born of Itu” Dimensions 31.1 × 41.7 × 6.7 cm (12 1/4 × 16 3/8 × 2 5/8 in.) Credit Line Museum Purchase Fund Reference Number 1920.262 IIIF Manifest https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/127859/manifest.json Ralph Huntington Blanchard (1875-1936), Cairo; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago through James Henry Breasted as agent, 1920. |
| Date | circa 2020 |
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| Author | Unknown author |
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