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Source Description
This limestone stele fragment depicts and man and his wife facing right. Their arms are about each other's shoulders. Both have ointment cones on their heads. There is an inscription above and to the right, though the inscription is destroyed except for a few signs.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
39128
label
Stele Fragment of Man and Wife
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
39128
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Stele Fragment of Man and Wife
description
This limestone stele fragment depicts and man and his wife facing right. Their arms are about each other's shoulders. Both have ointment cones on their heads. There is an inscription above and to the right, though the inscription is destroyed except for a few signs.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [claimed from ""King's Tomb at Luxor""]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1550-1069 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
15.2
height
14.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 x L: 5 9/16 in. (15.2 x 14.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription]
med
limestone with red, blue, black, white, and pink paint
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9652136668f68e73