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This paper aims to publish and study a round-topped funerary stela found at the north necropolis of Abydos. It is currently kept at Cairo Museum under the number (CG 20692, JE 12645, and SR 3 / 10400). The stela measures 64.5 cm high, 27 cm wide and about 10 cm thick. The stela is mostly in good condition. It has a well-prepared surface. It is also framed by a lightly incised borderline around the stela and incised borderlines between the registers. The hieroglyphs are carved in sunken relief, and the signs are shallow cut with no internal details. It belongs to a man called Dedow and his wife Dedet. It is divided into four parts. The upper part is the main text reserved for "Htp-di-nsw(t)"offering formula. The second part represents the main scene that shows Dedow and his wife Dedyt receiving funerary offerings given by their son Sobek-hotep, while the third and fourth parts are decorated with depictions of Dedow's family members. The artistic style and the orthographic and paleographic features suggest that the stela is typical of the stelae of the late Twelfth Dynasty or the early Thirteenth dynasty.
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10.21608/ejars.2021.210376
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Funerary stela, Abydene stelae, Dedow, Dedyt, Family genealogy, Late twelfth dynasty stelae, Thirteenth dynasty stelae
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Egyptology dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt.
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Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies
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