Lot 31
An Egyptian Limestone Round-Topped Stele
Sale 1035 - Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
May 26, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$15,000 -
20,000
Price Realized
$11,250
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Limestone Round-Topped Stele
Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.
Height 6 inches (15 cm).
Property from a Florida Private Collection
Provenance:
Noelle and Rob Mele, Connecticut, 1987.
Note:
Atop this stele is a lunette with winged solar disk, kneeling adorant, and Apis bull. Hieroglyphs to the right of the adorant read: 'The Living Apis'. The four horizontal registers of hieroglyphs below the lunette are fragmented and read:. '[A]pis, the Osiris, the King's Acquaintance, Sole Companion, Controller of Those Who Are In the Temple'; '..[Pedi]-Osiris-Wennofer, son of Ptah-ir-dis(u)'; '.. who salys]: O Apis';'...to (?)..do/make (?)...'
Atop this stele is a lunette with winged solar disk, kneeling adorant, and Apis bull. Hieroglyphs to the right of the adorant read: 'The Living Apis'. The four horizontal registers of hieroglyphs below the lunette are fragmented and read:. '[A]pis, the Osiris, the King's Acquaintance, Sole Companion, Controller of Those Who Are In the Temple'; '..[Pedi]-Osiris-Wennofer, son of Ptah-ir-dis(u)'; '.. who salys]: O Apis';'...to (?)..do/make (?)...'
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