Funerary Stela of Neb-Neteru Artist: Unknown

1550–1500 B.C.

Ancient Art

Not on view
Medium

Limestone

Dimensions

20 11/16 × 11 5/8 in. (52.5 × 29.5 cm)
1 9/16 in. (4 cm) 1st column of main text

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Accession Number

1937.130

Culture
Period

New Kingdom, early Dynasty 18

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Andre Bircher, Cairo, 1920.
Bibliography
  • Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 88–91, no. 45, ill
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Inscriptions

At top left) imy-r snwty Nb-ntrw m ,'-hrw\r\n"The Overseer of the Double Granary, Neb-neteru, the vindicated."\r\nBefore Neshi) n (?)(7) hmt.f Nsi(8)\r\n"His wife Neshi."\r\nMain text) 1. Htp di nyswt Wsir(9) ntr ';nb ;bdw I[n]pw tpi dw.f\r\n2. Rnnwtt imyt hrt-ntr di.sn 'k prt(10) m R-st;w ssnt t;w ndm n mhyt\r\n3. swr(11) mw rnpy(12) pr m Nnw ht nbt nfrt w'bt 'nht(13) ntr\r\n4. im.sn ddt pt km;t t; innt H'py m(14) tpht.f wsrtt\r\n5. n k; n imy-r snwty wdn hr nbw.f Nb-ntrw m;'-hrw hr Wsir\r\nTranslation\r\n1. "An offering which the king gives to Osiris, the great god, the lord od Abydos; to Anubis who is upon his mountain;\r\n2. and to Renenwetet(15) who is within the necropolis, that they may grant entering into and coming forth from the cemetery, breathing the sweet breeze of the north,\r\n3. drinking the fresh water that comes forth from Nun, and all things good and pure upon which the gods live;\r\n4. what the heavens provide, what the earth creates, and what Hapy brings forth from his cavern, abundantly,(16)\r\n5. for the ka of the Overseer of the Double Granary, one appointed in the presence of his lords,(17) Neb-neteru, the one vindicated before Osiris."

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