Round topped stelae, inscribed wiith prayer to Osiris

An image of Architectural element. Stelae. Round topped, inscribed in black ink with prayer to Osiris. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Abydos, Egypt; 281. Limestone, height 0.265 m, width 0.18 m, depth 0.07 m, 1991 to 1783 B.C. Twelfth Dynasty. Middle Kingdom.

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Architectural element. Stelae. Round topped, inscribed in black ink with prayer to Osiris. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Abydos, Egypt; 281. Limestone, height 0.265 m, width 0.18 m, depth 0.07 m, 1991 to 1783 B.C. Twelfth Dynasty. Middle Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.60.1926
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 957 pixels
Image width: 686 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Windows)
Filesize: 755.38kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1

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Abydos Ancient Egypt antiquity architectural element BC belief deities deity Egyptian faith Fitz_ANT gods grave marker gravestone hieroglyphics hieroglyphs inscribed inscriptions language limestone Middle Kingdom Osiride Osiris prayer religion rounded script stela stelae stele texts

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