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Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser by Unknown artist

Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

ca. 1944 B.C.

Limestone, paint

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A carved limestone relief depicts a seated figure receiving offerings from two attendants. Hieroglyphs fill the upper portion of the stela.

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stela hieroglyphs offering bull bread register hierarchical scale frontal torso flattened picture plane ancient egyptian relief carving offering scene

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