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Stela fragment of Merymose
General Information

The lower part of a limestone stela. On the upper part of the fragment are the feet of a standing figure, facing left, below which are three lines of hieroglyphs. The stela was dedicated to the viceroy Merymose by his sandal-bearer.

Number M13970
Storing Place Liverpool Museum - Liverpool - United Kingdom
Material Limestone
Type Stela
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Width 22 cm
Height 13.2 cm
Historical Period The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
General Comments

Merymose lived during the reign of Amenhotep III from other sources. His tomb is probably from Qurnet Mura'i at Thebes, many funerary cones bearing his name have come from there.

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

Htp di nsw Wsir di=f prt-xrw t Hnqt kAw Apdw xt-nbt nfrt wabt n kA n sA nsw n KAS Mri-ms in bAk sanx rn.n [di]=f TAw-Tbwt sA nsw Mri-ms, Imn-m-wiA


Translation

An offering which the king gives [to] Osiris, that he may give invocation offerings of bread and beer, oxen and fowl, and every good and pure thing, for the Ka of the King's son of Kush, Merymose, by the servant who causes his name to live, the Sandal-bearer of the King's son, Amenemwia.

Scientific Publishing

F. Petrie, History, II, 200.
Gatty, Catalogue of the Mayer Collection, (1879) 33, No.154.
Newberry and Peet, Handbook and Guide to the Egyptian Collection on Exhibition in The Public Museums, (Liverpool), 55, No. 25.

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