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Altar

Classification/Broad: Religious/Ceremonial

Classification/Specific: Altar

Material/Broad: Stone or Rock

Material/Specific: Sandstone

Measurements: 320X420X100 MM

Description: Fragment, rectangular, coated with stucco, traces of original blue coloring in hieroglyphs. Inscribed with 6 lines of a sun-hymn, beneficiary: see registration card.

Region: Upper Egypt: Thebes

Country: Egypt

Place/site: Amenhotep II Mortuary Temple

Place/other: West Bank
Thebes

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Period: New Kingdom

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Dynasty: Dynasty 18

King/Ruler: Amenhotep II

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Egyptian

Script: Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Registration Number: E1365

Accession Number: 29

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