Funerary Stela
Probable place made:Terenouthis (modern Kom Abu Billo), Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Roman period
Date: ca. A.D. 100-250
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions:
height: 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm)
width: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 2005.1.42
Provenance: "Ben Zion" collection (according to 1993 Eternal Egypt catalogue); sold by Clive Sawyer to Eternal Egypt, London, 1993; sold by Eternal Egypt to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1993; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by bequest to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2005
Label Text
During the Roman Period, traditional Egyptian burial customs and depictions were blended with those found throughout the Mediterranean. Egyptian elements on this stela include the presence of Anubis, the god of embalming, who lies on a ledge, and the offerings underneath the couch (or kline), on which the deceased reclines. Participating in his own funerary banquet, he wears a Roman-style toga and holds a cup in his right hand and flowers in his left. This stela probably came from the necropolis at Terenouthis, modern Kom Abu Billo in the Western Delta, based on stylistically similar stelae found at the site.
(Sarah Schellinger, 2017)
(Sarah Schellinger, 2017)
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