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Funerary stela of Shepmin

Made By Egyptian
DatePtolemaic Period, ca. 238-30 BCE
PeriodPtolemaic
Mediumlimestone
DimensionsOverall: 27 1/2 x 17 in.
frame: 30 × 19 × 3 3/4 in. (76.2 × 48.3 × 9.5 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of James S. Dennis, 1944
Terms
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  • characters
Object numberSEG.8
DescriptionShepmin was an important priest of the god Min from the city of Akhmim. One of his titles helps to date the stela to the Ptolemaic Period, and after the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes (ca. 238 BCE).
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