Context (Related Documents)
See the back of the card for handcopy of inscription. There is a note on the catalogue card after the detail of location: "PM VII, 163". The card was originally written for Z 18080 from Egypt, subsequently the card has been amended as the object has been matched to 1939.553 which comes from Sudan (this latter information was more detailed).
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Dodson notes that, while the text is now almost entirely unreadable, there is excavation photograph in the archives of the Egypt Exploration Society that reveals the name 'Amun-Re' behind the ram's head on the upper register, followed by 'an epithet, conceivably ending nb nswt t3wy, to judge from a horizontal sigh, followed by three squat hieroglyphics' (p. 278-279).
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Field collection)
Found in storerooms in Temple of Ramesses II. Excavated by Egypt Exploration Society in ?1938; ?1939.
Event Date 1938
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of sandstone stela, badly broken and repaired, with an inscription (largely illegible). Stela shows Ram of Amun before offering table, in the lower register is the head of a man adoring.
Event Date 1939
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Regarding the date, Dodson notes that, 'to judge from the man's apparel, the stela should be dated to the Ramesside Period, which is consistent with the temple's period of use, which runs from the reign of Ramesses II to that of Ramesses IX' (p. 279).
Event Date 1992
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Dodson, Aidan. 1992. 'Stelae of the Middle and New Kingdoms in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge' in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 78, pp. 278-279, Pl. XXIX (1), fig. 1.
Event Date 1992
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
In the upper register, a ram stands before a brazier; the text above it is now entirely unreadable. In the lower register, to the right a man adores, but the object of this act cannot be discerned. Only the far left-hand column of the accompanying text is at all readable, apparently giving [...] r iptw n k3 n[...]: '... 4 hq3t (of grain) for the k3 of [...]'. (Dodson, p. 279)
Event Date 1992
Author: maa

Context (References)
Porter, Bertha and Rosalind Moss. 1995. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. Vol VII: Nubia, The Deserts, and Outside Egypt. Oxford: Griffith Institute, p. 163.
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Porter and Moss describe this stela as: 'Small stela, ram before altar, with remains of text and head of man below [found in store-rooms].'
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Spencer, P. 1997. Amara West 1: The Architectural Report. London: Egypt Exploration Society. p. 63, 64, Pl. 60D
Event Date 1997
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
Anna Garnett, Project Curator of Amara West Project, British Museum, examined the Amara West artefacts held at MAA from 1-3 June 2016. She provided the following information regarding this object: The date should be 'Ramesses II until Ramesses IX (c. 1213-1111 BC).' This stela is 'from north-east corner of storage magazine E14.14 (Spencer 1997: 63, 64 (AW excavation number 224). The object was deliberately rounded around the edges and the original excavation photo (Spencer 1997: pl. 60D) shows that the stela was re-used as a lid, covering the mouth of a storage jar which was intentionally buried in the floor of building E14.14'
Event Date 01/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
In July 2016 Dr Anna Garnett, Assistant Project Curator, Amara West Project at the British Museum, studied a number of objects from Amara West in MAA's collection. She noted that this object is referenced in a letter dated 16.08.1939 from EES/H.W. Fairman to the Director of MAA, referencing the despatch of 7 objects to Cambridge.
Event Date 7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson