Stele for Djehutira and his mother Takemet

Stele for Djehutira and his

mother Takemet

A round-top stele divided in two sections. In the upper one there is a hieroglyphic inscription of four horizontal lines also occupying the round-top part. In the lower section, a woman is shown at the center and two men at her sides. They are all standing and facing right. The men wear a plain wig, a necklace, the shendit, and bracelets; the man on the left holds a ribbon. The woman wears a plain wig and a long and clinging dress.

Present location	MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE
Inventory number	2547
Dating	MIDDLE KINGDOM (not before); MIDDLE KINGDOM; 2ND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (not after)
Archaeological Site	UNSPECIFIED
Category	STELA
Material	LIMESTONE
Technique	INCISION; PAINTED
Height	20 cm
Width	11 cm

Translation

An offering that the king gives to Osiris, lord of Abydos, to the gods and goddesses, that they may grant an offering consisting of bread, beer, oxen, fowls, for the ka of Djehutira and the ka of his mother Takemet. Inenu causes their names to live.

Bibliography

• S.Bosticco, Le stele egiziane dall'Antico al Nuovo Regno, I, Roma, 1959, pgg.51-52, n. 49.

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