id:			102365
accession number:	1921.1017
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1017
updated:		2019-11-18 09:24:18.077000

Stele of Shemai, c. 1960-1916 BC. Egypt, Aswan, Qubbet el-Hawa, excavations of Lady William Cecil, 1904, "Cecil Tombs," no. 28, Middle Kingdom, early Dynasty 12, probably reign of Sesostris I. Painted limestone; overall: 83.4 x 87.4 cm (32 13/16 x 34 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edward S. Harkness 1921.1017

title:				Stele of Shemai
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creation date:			c. 1960-1916 BC
creation date earliest:		1960
creation date latest:		1916
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of Edward S. Harkness
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culture:	Egypt, Aswan, Qubbet el-Hawa, excavations of Lady William Cecil, 1904, "Cecil Tombs," no. 28, Middle Kingdom, early Dynasty 12, probably reign of Sesostris I
technique:	painted limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Middle Kingdom
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 83.4 x 87.4 cm (32 13/16 x 34 7/16 in.)
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wall description: 
Two techniques of relief carving are employed here: the scene of the deceased seated before a table of offerings and its accompanying inscriptions are in raised relief, while the border inscriptions are in sunk relief. The three columns of hieroglyphs in the center read: "The one honored before Osiris, lord of Busiris, the great god, lord of Abydos, that he [the god] may give invocation-offerings of bread and beer, oxen and fowl, travertine [vases] and clothing to the ka [vital spirit] of the chief of police, Shemai, vindicated."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: 55
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n57

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 70
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n74

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 159; Mentioned: p. 159-160
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