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Stela with Meh and his wife Nebty before Osiris

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An image of Architectural Element/Stelae. Stela, round topped and painted, of Meh and his wife Nebty, before Osiris. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Deir el Medina? Egypt. Limestone, height 0.435 m, width 0.275 m, depth 0.075, m, circa 1290-1185 B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Notes: Inscription; before Osiris; painted; Hetep-di-nesu formula to Osiris, the great god, lord of the west.

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Architectural Element/Stelae. Stela, round topped and painted, of Meh and his wife Nebty, before Osiris. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Deir el Medina? Egypt. Limestone, height 0.435 m, width 0.275 m, depth 0.075, m, circa 1290-1185 B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Notes: Inscription; before Osiris; painted; Hetep-di-nesu formula to Osiris, the great god, lord of the west.

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  • Accession Number: E.GA.4700.1943
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: NIKON D800
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 674 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 780.73kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2015:07:15 15:26:10

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12th Century 13th Century afterlife Ancient Egypt antiquity architectural element BC belief death deceased Egyptian female figures Fitz_ANT gods grave marker gravestone hair headdress hieroglyphics hieroglyphs housewife husband inscribed inscriptions limestone male New Kingdom Osiris painted religion religious script stela stelae stele texts underworld wife

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