دراسة ونشر اللوحة الجنائزية رقم CG 20577 بالمتحف المصرى بالتحرير

This artical aims to publish and analyze a previously unstudied rectangular funerary stela preserved in the Egyptian Museum under registration number CG 20577, SR/9718, through examining its hieroglyphic texts, titles, artistic features, and funerary significance within the context of the late Twelfth Dynasty. This study examines and publishes the stela, which has not previously received a comprehensive scholarly study except for an earlier transcription of its texts. The research analyzes the titles inscribed on the monument, provides copies of the hieroglyphic texts accompanied by translation and commentary, and investigates its artistic characteristics. The compositional elements of the stela are arranged into four registers: the first contains the principal text at the top; the second includes the offering-table scene depicting the owner of the stela and his wife in the central section; while the text on the base is divided into two main registers organized in vertical columns. The stela belonged to an official named Ḫnms, son of sꜣt-anḫ, who held a position in the office of the provisioning of workers during the late Twelfth Dynasty. It represents a typical example of painted limestone funerary stelae placed inside tombs to commemorate their owners and ensure the provision of offerings in the afterlife. Such stelae were considered one of the principal means of perpetuating remembrance and constituted among the most widespread funerary elements in ancient Egypt.