AN OLD KINGDOM FUNERARY SLAB STELA OF A MAN IN ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL MUSEUM

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Publication of an old Kingdom slab stela exhibited in Alexandria National Museum (inventory number 20 (formerly Cairo Museum CG 1661=JE 15569), including comments on the style, iconography, paleography, and dating criteria. It was excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund at Dendera in 1898. It was transferred to Alexandria National Museum 2003.

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