Stele
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
2nd-3rd century (100-299 CE)
Limestone
Overall: 14 × 7 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (35.5 × 19.7 × 3.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
S.978.41
Geography
Place Made: Kom Abou Billou, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
1-500
Object Name
Funerary Monument
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 25, Roman Art, Kathleen Corrigan, Winter 2012
CLST 12.03, ANTH 13.01, Who Owns the Past?, Julie Hruby and Jesse Casana, Winter 2020
Classical Studies 12.02, Greek and Roman Engineering and Technology, Margaretha Kramer, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 68, Center and Periphery: Cultural Hybridity in the Funerary Arts of the Roman Provinces, Amanda Manker, Class of 2012, Mellon Special Projects Intern, Yale University Art Gallery Collection-Sharing Initiative, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 11-March 11, 2012.
Eastern Mediterranean Art from the College Collection, Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 8-October 15, 1978.
Figural Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, SArt 16, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 3-October 23, 1994.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 19, 2008.
Publication History
Bulletin de l'Institute Francais d"Archeologie Orientale, France, 1978, p. 236.
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo 26, Germany, 1970, p. 173.
Amanda Manker, Class of 2012, A Space for Dialogue 68, Center and Periphery: Cultural Hybridity in the Funerary Arts of the Roman Provinces, Hanover: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, no. 5.
Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean, Special Hood Website: The Yale University Art Gallery Collection-Sharing Initiative, 2012
Provenance
Private collection, Chicago, Illinois; Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1978.
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