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Stele with representation of Hathor
Egyptian
New Kingdom
1550–1070 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 8.5 cm (5 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Miss Mary S. Ames
Accession Number11.1500
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Stele
DescriptionHathor-cow and papyrus painted on face, in white, black, red-brown and blue-gray on yellow-brown ground; two horizontal lines of hieroglyphs below, painted in black; edge chipped; painted hieratic inscription on edge and back.
ProvenanceBy 1909: purchased in Egypt by Joseph Lindon Smith; 1909: on loan to the MFA; 1911: purchased by the MFA through funds provided by Mary S. Ames.
(Accession date: August 3, 1911.)
(Accession date: August 3, 1911.)