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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...

4th-5th century
Sandstone; inscribed
59.7in
10.175.6
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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