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Stele of Intef (upper half)

Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, year 33 of Amenemhat III
1811 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Eastern Defufa

Medium/Technique Granite
Dimensions Height x width: 32.5 x 34 cm (12 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.3967
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elementsStele

DescriptionThe upper part of this stela is decorated with a winged sun disk, below which are eight horizontal registers of inscription. The inscription dates the stela to the 33rd year of Amenemhat III.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Eastern Deffufa. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

(Accession date: December 4, 1913)