Accession No

Z 43848


Description

Upper part of a small votive stela, on which a totally destroyed figure pays homage to the harvest-goddess Renutet. Two columns of text accompanied the former, but only the left-hand one is at all readable, giving ir n k3ry[...], 'made by the gardener [...]'. The goddess, in the form of a cobra, wearing horns and a sun disc, is described as 'Renutet, lady of foreign lands (h3swt)'.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt


Period

New Kingdom XIX Dynasy XX Dynasty


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 43848; 170


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Limestone; Sandstone


Local Term


Measurements

19mm x 62mm x 87mm


Events

Context (CMS Context)
See card for hand copy
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Upper part of stela/sculpture to Renutet, broken; r n k3 r//// Rnwtt nbt h3swt; Broken; Head of goddess as snake, rest lost
Event Date 24/5/1991
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Dodson notes that, on the basis of style, one would suggest a Ramesside date. This has therefore been added to the Period field.
Event Date 10/3/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): 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. 274-279, Pl. XXIX (2), fig. 5.
Event Date 10/3/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (CMS Description)
Upper part of a small votive stela, on which a totally destroyed figure pays homage to the harvest-goddess Renutet. Two columns of text accompanied the former, but only the left-hand one is at all readable, giving ir n k3ry[...], 'made by the gardener [...]'. The goddess, in the form of a cobra, wearing horns and a sun disc, is described as 'Renutet, lady of foreign lands (h3swt)'. (Dodson, p. 279)
Event Date 10/3/2014
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Marked in pencil on reverse: '170'.
Event Date 12/8/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn


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