Votive stela of Userhat, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1323 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, Egypt Exploration Society excavations, 1905, Limestone, paint, H. 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in); w. 48 cm (18 7/8 in), In the text on this stela, Userhat testifies to his own good qualities and to his trust in his god, probably Amun. He is shown here with his wife, Nefertari. Userhat was a priest in the mortuary cults of both Amenhotep III and Tutankhamun, but complex layering of the relief and the style of the figures date this stela a time after the Amarna Period (the reign of Akhenaten, son of Amenhotep III)
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Votive stela, Userhat, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, ca, 1353–1323 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple, Mentuhotep II, Egypt Exploration Society excavations, 1905, Limestone, paint, H, 42.5 cm, 16 3/4, w, 48, 18 7/8, text, stela, Userhat testifies, own good qualities, trust, god, Amun, shown, wife, Nefertari, priest, mortuary cults, Amenhotep III, Tutankhamun, complex layering, relief, style, figures date, time, Amarna Period, reign, Akhenaten, son
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