Middle Kingdom Stela of Hotep in the Grand Egyptian Museum GEM
This paper aims to publish and study an unpublished Middle Kingdom Funerary stela of Hotep preserved under the number (JE 18512, CG 20014, SR 3/ 9711) at the Grand Egyptian Museum GEM. It was discovered in Abydos in 1862. The stela is made out of Limestone. It carries a representation of Hotep together with his mother standing in front of an offering table. It also carries four lines of hieroglyphic inscriptions of the offering formula. The stela measures about 88 cm. high and 51.5 cm. wide.
The aim of this paper is to discuss the names and titles of Hotep and his mother.
It will represent the translation of the texts and analyze their epigraphical features. Through the artistic style of the stela the orthographic and paleographic features,
it could be suggested that it dates back to the Late Twelfth Dynasty or the Early Thirteenth Dynasty.