Stele
Unknown Artist
Funerary stelae from the Byzantine period in Egypt are thought to have been produced in quantity, then modified for individual use. Inscriptions were often added to identify the deceased.
Credit: Gift of Eustace Conway, 1920
7th century
Sandstone; inscribed
27.3in
20.8.1
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