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Collections

Funerary Stela of Shen12th Dynasty, reign of Sesostris I, 1971-1926 B.C.

Not on view
Ancient Egyptian gray-brown stone stele with rounded top, densely covered in incised hieroglyphic text above a register of figurative relief carvings and procession scenes
Title
Funerary Stela of Shen
Place Made
Egypt, said to be from Abydos
Date Made
12th Dynasty, reign of Sesostris I, 1971-1926 B.C.
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
35 x 15 in. (88.9 x 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.33.31
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Oppenheim, Adela, Dorothea Arnold, Dieter Arnold, and Kei Yamamoto, eds. Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.