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Block inscribed for Amen of Thebes

Egyptian
New Kingdom
Findspot: Egypt, Bubastis, Great temple of Bastet

Medium/Technique Granite
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 36 cm (10 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number90.236c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elementsRelief

DescriptionAswan granite. Three fragments forming one block; inscription in vertical column, with titles of Amen of Thebes; hieroglyphs are cut very deeply, and have sharp and well preserved edges.
ProvenanceFrom Bubastis, great temple of Bastet. 1887–88: excavated by Edouard Naville for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund by the government of Egypt; 1890: given to the MFA by the Egypt Exploration Fund. (Accession Date: January 1, 1890)