Stela, Funerary Monument
Unidentified Coptic maker
6th-8th century
Limestone (possibly)
Overall: 7 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (19.1 × 22.2 × 3.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith, Class of 1918
S.970.36
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
500-1000
Object Name
Funerary Monument
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Provenance
Bonnie Dora Jones Smith (1899-1990) and Ray Winfield Smith (1897-1982, Class of 1918), Houston, Texas; given to present collection, 1970.
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