Stela of Anhorkhawi in the Brooklyn Museum, March 2010

Stela of Anhorkhawi

In the upper register of this stela, the solar deity Re-Horakhty is seated in the boat in which he crosses heaven from east to west. The stela's owner, Anhorkhawi, kneels in the lower register, posed in one of the Egyptian gestures of adoration. The text around him comprises a hymn to the setting sun. The stela was probably set into one of the faces of the small pyramid that surmounted Anhorkhawi's tomb.

Medium: Limestone

Place Found: Dayr al-Madinah

Dates: ca. 1184-1153 B.C.E. or later

Dynasty: XX Dynasty

Period: New Kingdom

Dimensions: 16 7/8 x 11 13/16 x 3 1/16 in. (42.8 x 30 x 7.7 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Temples and Tombs, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Accession Number: 80.113

Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3884/Stela_...