Fragment of stone
- Accession Number
- EC222
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Maths and writing case, Writing
- Object Type
- Architecture, Architectural decoration, Relief
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Limestone)
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Measurements
- Height: 211mm | Width: 237mm | Depth: 114mm
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Licensing details
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- Description
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This stone fragment includes eight vertical rows of hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphs relate to offerings for the dead. Research by Cat Lumb and Frances Leach suggests that this object is New Kingdom in date.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Language
- Egyptian
- Script
- Hieroglyphic
