14A009
FRAGMENT OF A FUNERARY STELE
Roman Egypt, 1st-2nd century A.D.
Limestone, Width: 36 cm.; Height: 34 cm.

The design is carved in low relief by incising beneath the surface of the stone. It depicts a distyle temple in which a smiling man and his wife recline left on a couch. The husband holds a sacrificial dish in his extended right hand, and the wife rests her right hand around his shoulder. The god Anubis is present to the upper left, in the form of a jackal reclining right on the back of the couch. Red paint originally colored the pediment of the temple, the capitals of the columns, and the back of the couch. There are also traces of red on the man's face and foot, and of brown on the hair of both spouses. The piece is uninscribed, as is usual for Romano-Egyptian stelae.

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