Fragment of a stela from Deir el-Medina
This small limestone fragment (LB 1375) of 3,1 x 3,6 x 1,2cm probably once belonged to an ancient Egyptian stela. The text indicates that it came from Deir el-Medina, a workmen’s village during the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BC). The stela to which this fragment belonged probably dates to the Ramesside Period (1292–1069 BC).
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A Stela in Deir el-Medina
story by Sara Gebhardt, Louis-Philippe Bazelier.This little limestone fragment belongs to a stela, a funerary monument usually placed in a tomb chapel or in a temple. Due to the fragmentary hieroglyphic inscription on it, we can retrieve some information about its provenance: the famous New Kingdom workmen village at Deir el-Medina.
