TYPE:Antiques SUB TYPE:Stele REGION:Middle East SUB REGION:Egypt MEDIUM:Wood SGD/UNS: TITLE:Ancient Egyptian Painted Wood Grave Stele Horemheb CATALOG NOTES:An Egyptian polychrome painted wood grave stele or stela. It depicts numerous figures near the center and hieroglyphic writing on lower half. The piece has an old label written in Italian on reverse which states "Tomba di Horemheb preghiera al dio ho. Epoca pre Ramesside. Also denotes XVIII dynasty and has a series of catalog and registration numbers along with the date 1821. This piece may have been part of an exhibition from the tome of Horemheb which was staged in Venice in 1821. Directly from the private estate of a Teaneck NJ collector. INSIDE HEIGHT: INSIDE WIDTH: OUTSIDE HEIGHT:14.625 OUTSIDE WIDTH:10 OUTSIDE DEPTH:1.5