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Stele of Djedatumiufankh

664-525 BC

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Were it not for the inscription in sunk relief and the man's name of a type that does not occur until the Third Intermediate Period, this stele could be easily mistaken for a work of the Old Kingdom, and for a long time it was. In fact, it was made 2,000 years later, in Dynasty 26, when artists turned to the past for inspiration.

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  • Title: Stele of Djedatumiufankh
  • Date Created: 664-525 BC
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 27.5 x 25 cm (10 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Heliopolis. Purchased from E. A. Abemayor, Cairo, through Howard Carter
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1977
  • Medium: brown quartzite
  • Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
  • Culture: Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26
  • Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
  • Collection: Egypt - Late Period
  • Accession Number: 1920.1977
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