Skip to main content

Stelae: E.GA.3002.1943

An image of Stelae

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Entities

Categories

Description

Reshef in upper register, two men in lower register. The image depicts two people worshipping the Canaanite god Reshef who holds a mace and shield and is named in the text.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 2 cm
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Relative size of this object

13 cm16.5 cm2 cm What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

New Kingdom
Nineteenth Dynasty
Circa -1295 BCE - Circa -1186 BCE

Materials used in production

Limestone

Techniques used in production

Carved

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: rdit iAw n rSwp nTr aA di.f anx wDA snb n kA n sDm-aS m st mAat pA-Sd
  • Location: Bottom left and round the first of the two figures
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: sA.f pA?-nbw?
  • Location: Right of second figure
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.3002.1943
Primary reference Number: 57432
Oldadmincategory: SS
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 28 March 2018 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Stelae" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/57432 Accessed: 2023-03-30 13:51:38

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/57432 |title=Stelae |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-30 13:51:38|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-57432

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant7/E_GA_3002_1943.jpg"
        alt="Stelae"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Stelae</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Please enter your name as you would like to be addressed
Please enter your email address
The object accession number - this is prefilled
Please enter your query with as much detail as possible

More objects and works of art you might like

Stelae

Accession Number: E.252.1900

Stelae

Accession Number: E.64.1901

Stelae

Accession Number: E.GA.4537.1943

Stelae

Accession Number: E.SS.4

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...