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Round topped stela, with two wedjat eyes on either side of a shen sign; below is a Htp-di-nsw of Ptah and Osiris, inscribed for Snbwy (Senebuy) who held high priestly titles, including 'chief priest of his god', 'lector priest', as well as 'the great controller of craftsmen of the Lord of All' (title held by the High Priest at Memphis) and 'one whose coming to the temple is awaited on the day of the rising of Sothis', referring to celebrations at the beginning of the new year; below the inscription is Senbuy (centre) with his wife, Nubemheb (left) and his son Ra-Seth (right); the faces and feet of the figures, Senebuy's left wrist and Ra-Seth's elbow have been deliberately damaged, as has the Seth-hieroglyph in the son's name
Round topped stela, with two wedjat eyes on either side of a shen sign; below is a Htp-di-nsw of Ptah and Osiris, inscribed for Snbwy (Senebuy) who held high priestly titles, including 'chief priest of his god', 'lector priest', as well as 'the great controller of craftsmen of the Lord of All' (title held by the High Priest at Memphis) and 'one whose coming to the temple is awaited on the day of the rising of Sothis', referring to celebrations at the beginning of the new year; below the inscription is Senbuy (centre) with his wife, Nubemheb (left) and his son Ra-Seth (right); the faces and feet of the figures, Senebuy's left wrist and Ra-Seth's elbow have been deliberately damaged, as has the Seth-hieroglyph in the son's name
Legal notes
Believed to be bought by William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Measurements and weight
Depth: 4 cm
Height: 34 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
by
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Sir
Dating
13th Dynasty
Middle Kingdom
-1773
-
-1648
Project
Materials used in production
Limestone
Techniques used in production
Carved
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: six lines of hieroglyphs, orientated from right to left
- Text: Htp di nsw ptH rsy inb.f nb anx-tAwy wsir nb Ddw di.sn prt-xrw t Hnqt kA Apdw Htpw DfAw m prt Hr xAyt Hr wDHw nb-(r-)Dr n kA n iry-pat HAty-a sAw r it.f m Hwt-nTr ra prt spdt wr xrp Hmwt n nb r Dr Hm-nTr aA n nTr.f Xry-Hb snbwy mAa-xrw
- Location: Main text
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: vertical hieroglyphs, orientated from left to right, possibly sharing the mAa-xrw-signs to the left of her head
- Text: Hmt.f mrt.f Xkrt-nswt, nbw-m-Hb (mAat-xrw)
- Location: In front of the woman
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Inscription
- Text: sA ra-stX mAa-xrw
- Location: Above the head of the man at the bottom right
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Inscription
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Identification numbers
Accession number: E.SS.37
Primary reference Number: 63411
Oldadmincategory: SS
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 18 July 2025
Last processed: Friday 18 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
