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The Paser Crossword Stela is an ancient Egyptian limestone stela that dates from the 20th Dynasty. It was constructed by Paser, c. 1150 BC, during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses VI. [1] The stela's text is a hymn to the goddess Mut. It is constructed to be read horizontally, vertically, and around its perimeter, therefore three times.
Pages in category "Ancient Egyptian objects in the British Museum" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Paser Crossword Stela; R.
The British Museum conducted its own excavations in Egypt where it received divisions of finds, including Asyut (1907), Mostagedda and Matmar (1920s), Ashmunein (1980s) and sites in Sudan such as Soba, Kawa and the Northern Dongola Reach (1990s). The size of the Egyptian collections now stand at over 110,000 objects. [3]
In 2005, the British Museum presented Egypt with a full-sized fibreglass colour-matched replica of the stele. This was initially displayed in the renovated Rashid National Museum , an Ottoman house in the town of Rashid (Rosetta), the closest city to the site where the stone was found. [ 86 ]
The British Museum houses the world's largest [h] and most comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiquities (with over 100,000 [70] pieces) outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A collection of immense importance for its range and quality, it includes objects of all periods from virtually every site of importance in Egypt and the Sudan .
The pairing ram to the one at the British Museum is held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, where many of the artefacts from the excavations at Kawa are held. [2] The British Museum's example was acquired in 1933 from Professor Griffith's Oxford Excavations in Nubia. [3]
Pages in category "Ancient Egyptian sculptures in the British Museum" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
T.G.H. James and W.V. Davies, Egyptian sculpture (London, The British Museum Press, 1983) A.P. Kozloff and B.M. Bryan, Egypt's dazzling sun: Amenhotep (Cleveland Museum of Art, 1992) Ruffle, John, "The journeys of Lord Prudhoe and Major Orlando Felix in Egypt, Nubia and the Levant; 1826-29" Travellers in Egypt edited by Paul Starkey and Janet ...