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Stele of Djedatumiufankh
664-525 BC
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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