Ritual and materiality at Abydos: the stela CG20570

This article will present the translation and study of the unpublished stela CG 20570, currently stored in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. An epigraphic and iconographic analysis will be carried out, with particular emphasis on the offering formula and the involved offerings displayed. Their ritual an...

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Main Author: Zingarelli, Andrea P.
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Language:spa
Published: Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2020
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Online Access:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/8448
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Summary:This article will present the translation and study of the unpublished stela CG 20570, currently stored in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. An epigraphic and iconographic analysis will be carried out, with particular emphasis on the offering formula and the involved offerings displayed. Their ritual and material aspects will be taken into account. The stela records the existence of the vizier Dedumontu Senebtyfy and his family and was part of the Abydos landscape in the Late Middle Kingdom. It was found in Kom el-Sultan area, close to Osiris Temple, and to the processional walkway where the celebration in honor of Osiris God took place.