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Stela of the overseer of the chamber Intef son of Senet
General Information

One of the three stelae of the overseer of the chamber Intef son of Senet in the British Museum.

Number BM EM 581
Storing Place The British Museum - London - United Kingdom
Material Limestone
Type Stela
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place Meir - El Qusiya- Asyut Governate - Egypt
Founder Intef son of Senet
Width 36 cm
Historical Period The Middle Kingdom
General Comments

Meir is the necropolis of El Qusiya, the capital of the fourteenth Nome of Upper Egypt. The stela is extremely elaborate in its wording, so consider only two sections, Ignore the parts in grey. The date period: The Middle Kingdom.

Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

sn tA n xnty-imntw mAA nfrw wp-wAwt in m-r aXnwty intf


Translation

Kissing the ground to Khentyimentu and seeing the splendour of Wepwawet by the overseer of the chamber Intef

Scientific Publishing

M. Collier, B. Manley, How to read Egyptian Hieroglyphs, (London, 1998), 59

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