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Kneeling statue of Amenemhat, holding a stela and praying to the sun. He was the scribe of the grain of Amun. Limestone. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1388-1351 BCE. From Egypt, precise provenance...

Stone stela of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser I, reigned 1273-1244 BCE. The Akkadian inscription mentions how the king rebuilt one of the gateways at the city of Ashur. From Ashur, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Middle-Assyrian...

Stela of Herihor, High Priest of Amun at Thebes, c. 1090-1080 BCE. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.

Limestone stela of the Egyptian nomarch Sobeki. From Abydos, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1900 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Granite stela of Peribsen, 2nd Dynasty ruler of Egypt. The inscription consists of the serekh of Peribsen surmounted by the animal of Seth, the latter having been hammered out at a later date.

Limestone stela of Khai, the follower of the king. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1400 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Rectangular painted limestone stela of Renefseneb. It records the traditional prayer in Middle Egyptian for an invocation offering (bread and beer), whereby the recitation of the words would provide sustenance for the deceased...

This painted wooden stela depicts a woman whose name was identified as Neskhons; she was the wife of the High Priest of Amun Pinedjem (II). On the right side, Neskhons looks to the left and makes an offerring...

Stela of the Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad V (r. 824-811 BCE), from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), modern-day northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 824-811 BCE. It depicts the king, before the symbols of his principal gods. He...

Only this part of a large limestone stela has survived. At the lower end, there is a head of a man with a beard (originally painted with red). The hieroglyphic inscriptions read "the head lector priest, sole...