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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)
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
- text
- 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).Collections
On View
Not on viewExhibitions
Egyptian, anonymous
Ptolemaic Period (c. 310 BC -30 BC), Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egyptian, anonymous
Late Ptolemaic-Early Roman Period (100 BC - 200 AD), Ptolemaic - Antonine Dynasty