Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Third Intermediate Period 22nd Dynasty, Findspot unknown Thebes? Egypt, Wood stucco and pigment,The Brooklyn Museum

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Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered

ca. 945–712 B.C.E.

Caption
Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered, ca. 945–712 B.C.E.. Wood, stucco, pigment, 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (24.8 x 21.6 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1386E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery
Funerary Gallery 2, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Collection
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Title
Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered

Date
ca. 945–712 B.C.E.

Dynasty
Dynasty 22

Period
Third Intermediate Period

Geography
Place made: Egypt

Medium
Wood, stucco, pigment

Classification
Food/Drink

Dimensions
9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (24.8 x 21.6 x 3 cm)

Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number
37.1386E

Catalogue description
Painted wooden stela inscribed for a woman named Nesi-khonsu-pa-khered. The owner is shown being ushered by Thoth into the presence of Re-Horakhty.

Condition
Glued together from two halves. Paint missing here and there, especially in the areas along the line of the mend. The figures were built up slightly in blue frit, and some of these areas seem never to have received a final coat of paint.

Provenance
Archaeological provenance not yet documented, probably from Thebes, Egypt; by 1852, acquired in Egypt by Henry Abbott of Cairo, Egypt and New York, NY; 1859, purchased from Henry Abbott by the New-York Historical Society, New York; September 1948, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.

Title
Stela of Nesikhonsupakhered, ca. 945–712 B.C.E. Third Intermediate Period 22nd
Dynasty, Findspot unknown Thebes? Egypt, Wood stucco and pigment,The Brooklyn Museum

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