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

4th-5th century
Sandstone; inscribed
59.7in
10.175.6
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

Ble byddwch chi'n dod o hyd i hwn