Stela of Shenamenemope Offering to the Ram-God

Stela of Shenamenemope Offering to the Ram-God

Lawrence Technological University

May 8, 2019

Aluzzo, Adrienne (photograph)

Single Built Works

282 BCE

Michigan (state)

Ann Arbor (inhabited place)

Ptolemaic

stelae

offerings (object genre)

rams (animals)

Front view of stela depicting Shenamenemope with hands raised making an offering to the ram god of Naucratis. Printed on exhibition label: In year 2 of King Ptolemy II, this stela was erected in Naucratis (an important Greek trading town in Egypt) for one Shenamenemope, because of his benefactions on behalf of the ram-god of Naucratis. These benefactions include building temple structures, payment of priests, supplying natron for the embalming of the sacred ram and non-interference with the wool tax. The ram-god, in turn, is to do good things for Shenamenemope. "Stela (pl. stelae) is a Latin word derived from the Greek stele, which means pillar or vertical tablet. In English, the usual forms are stele and steles. In ancient Egypt, stelae are slabs of stone or wood, of many different shapes, usually bearing inscriptions, reliefs or paintings ... In ancient Egypt, stelae were erected most frequently as tombstones and as boundary markers, but also as Votive and commemorative monuments,"--Tour Egypt.

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