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: Rogers Fund, 1910
6th-7th century
Limestone; inscribed
39.1in
10.175.42
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