Stela of king Takelot III from Abydos in Egyptian Museum (JE 30434)

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1 جامعة الفيوم كلية السياحة والفنادق

2 أستاذ بقسم الإرشاد السياحي بكلية السياحة والفنادق جامعة الفيوم

3 أستاذ بقسم الإرشاد السياحي بالمعهد العالي للدراسات النوعية بالهرم

4 Lecturer at Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Fayoum University, E-mail

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Abstract
In March 1893 during the excavations conducted by the Antiquities Service in Abydos, a rounded-top limestone stela has been discovered bearing the name of King Takelot III. It is currently housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, where it is catalogued as JE 30434. The height of the arching stela measures 68 centimetres, and its width measures 34 centimetres. Regardless of the sort of limestone used, the level of skill displayed here is laudable in every respect. Epigraphy is typified by the prevalent trend of simplification that was found from the Libyan period and remained throughout the subsequent Kushite and Saite periods. An illustrious priestly family from Abydos is detailed in this votive stela. It was used in combined with another stela which discovered in the same site, that is housed in the Vienna Museum to piece together the family tree spanning ten generations. Dated to the middle of the twenty-third dynasty, the stela of Neswrhekaw is most strongly supported by its epigraphical traits and the titles examined in this research. This article endeavours to examine this stela, delving into its artistic, religious, and linguistic components.

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International Journal of Tourism, Archaeology and Hospitality
Volume 4, Issue 2
July 2024
Pages 216-227

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