Stela of the Singer in the Interior of Amun, Djedbastetemtehou, from Mefkat. Dimensions: H. 49.5 × W. 21.5 × Th. 10.5 cm (19 1/2 × 8 7/16 × 4 1/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 25-early Dynasty 26. Date: ca. 690-650 BC.Djedbastetemtehou is shown seated in the lunette of this stela, raising a large mirror and receiving offerings from a smaller standing woman, Irtirw. A line of inscription at the top gives Djedbastetemtehou's title as Singer in the Interior of Amun, an important office in the temple of Amun in the city of Thebes. Lines of inscription below cite the goddess Hathor in the town of Mefkat in the West Delta, a town newly prominent at this time, on behalf of Djedbastetemtehou. Apparently she traveled from a home in Mefkat about four hundred miles to the south to serve as a religious singer at Thebes, probably sent by her father to receive this honor.The stela is graphically striking with the beautiful linear slimness and round strong visages of the women, the large mirror disk, and

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Stela of the Singer in the Interior of Amun, Djedbastetemtehou, from Mefkat. Dimensions: H. 49.5 × W. 21.5 × Th. 10.5 cm (19 1/2 × 8 7/16 × 4 1/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 25-early Dynasty 26. Date: ca. 690-650 BC.Djedbastetemtehou is shown seated in the lunette of this stela, raising a large mirror and receiving offerings from a smaller standing woman, Irtirw. A line of inscription at the top gives Djedbastetemtehou's title as Singer in the Interior of Amun, an important office in the temple of Amun in the city of Thebes. Lines of inscription below cite the goddess Hathor in the town of Mefkat in the West Delta, a town newly prominent at this time, on behalf of Djedbastetemtehou. Apparently she traveled from a home in Mefkat about four hundred miles to the south to serve as a religious singer at Thebes, probably sent by her father to receive this honor.The stela is graphically striking with the beautiful linear slimness and round strong visages of the women, the large mirror disk, and

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