Object Image

Stele

Unknown Artist

Funerary stelae from the Byzantine period in Egypt are thought to have been produced in quantity, then modified for individual use. Inscriptions were often added to identify the deceased.

Credit: Rogers Fund, 1910

6th-7th century
Limestone; inscribed
39.1in
10.175.42
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

Ble byddwch chi'n dod o hyd i hwn