Stela with Meh and his wife Nebty before Osiris

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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