Study and Publication of Stela of Km at Cairo Museum (CG.20573)

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faculty of Archaeology and Tourism Guidance - MUST University

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This Research aims to study The Unpublished km stela, As it has not been investigated nor studied in a comprehensive analytical by Researchers, This Stela appears to be rectangular and it has a top that takes the shape of the Egyptian cornice, and it is preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and bears the number (CG 20573), The Stela is divided into three recorded texts and recorded scenes.
Where the first record contained the main text of the Stela, which is a formula for offering sacrifices topped by the shape of the Egyptian cornice that crowns the top of the stela, and this record was divided into three written sections with different directions as shown in the linear study, while only one word was recorded in the second record Behind the deceased and it is a continuation of the text recorded in the first record, while the third record contains separate phrases written either vertically or horizontally, some of which were written in front and behind the deceased or above the offering table, or between the offeror's of the owner of the Stela as shown in the written study.
As for the scenes recorded on this Stela where it was noticed the presence of some artistic elements and religious symbols that were represented by the offerings, the offering table, the lotus flower, the geese bird, as well as the presence of some shapes of the vessels presented as an offering to the owner of Stela, This stela will be dealt with through a linguistic and artistic analytical study according to the Methodology of the Study through the descriptive and analytical comparative approach, applying the formula and linguistic structures contained in the stela in addition to refuting and analyzing the artistic elements and their symbolic connotations in the ancient Egyptian beliefs, The comparative Historical method also be used to apply the artistic elements and linguistic connotations in order to establish an accurate date for that Stela in question.
Key Words: Km stela - Egyptian Museum- Egyptian cornice - offerings- offerings table- The Lotus - Geese.

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