Stele in the name of the guard Nââ-ib Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 13th dynasty.
Stele in the name of the guard Nââ-ib Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 13th dynasty.
Rectangular stele carved with a seated man breathing a lotus facing a woman on the ground and
various offerings. The scene is surmounted by three hieroglyphic lines: "Offering that the king gives
to Ptah-Sokar to grant an exit of voices in bread, beer, meat, poultry, cloth, alabaster,
and anything good for the ka of the guard Nââ-ib". Polychrome limestone. Visible restorations.
H. 27.5 L. 19 cm
Provenance: old French collection, 1950s-1960s. Hôtel Drouot, Paris, September 30, 1999, n°155. Private collection, Paris.
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Stele in the name of the guard Nââ-ib Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 13th dynasty.
Rectangular stele carved with a seated man breathing a lotus facing a woman on the ground and
various offerings. The scene is surmounted by three hieroglyphic lines: "Offering that the king gives
to Ptah-Sokar to grant an exit of voices in bread, beer, meat, poultry, cloth, alabaster,
and anything good for the ka of the guard Nââ-ib". Polychrome limestone. Visible restorations.
H. 27.5 L. 19 cm
Provenance: old French collection, 1950s-1960s. Hôtel Drouot, Paris, September 30, 1999, n°155. Private collection, Paris.
Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.