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Egypt, Nag ed-Der
Mortuary stela from the tomb of 'Iti late First Intermediate Period, early Dynasty XI 2125 BCE-2055 BCE
limestone, pigment
85.5 × 56.3 × 15.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
© Public Domain
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Mortuary stela from the tomb of 'Iti
late First Intermediate Period, early Dynasty XI 2125 BCE-2055 BCE
Medium
limestone, pigment
Measurements
85.5 × 56.3 × 15.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Nag ed-Der, Egypt
Inscription
carved with hieroglyphs: (translation: An offering which the king gives, and Anubis, Who is upon His Mountain, Who is in the Place of Embalming, Lord of the Sacred Land- that funerary offerings go forth / to the Count, the Revered 'Iti, who says: "I was a prosperous commoner who acted with his (strong) arm, / who added to the property of his father. I was one who spoke good and repeated good, one who arranged things through the opportune moment. I was one light of heart, gracious of heart in dealing with (?)his brothers. I gave beer to him who was hungry, / clothing to him who was naked of my household. I gave property to him whom I did not know as to him whom I knew / in order that I might endure upon earth and that it might go well with me in the necropolis. O ye who are living upon earth, who love life and hate death, who will pass by this stela, ye shall say: 'A thousand bread and beer, a thousand of cattle and fowl, and everything good, to the revered 'Iti')
Accession Number
D84-1982
Department
Antiquities
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