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Image: Stele Nebnuni by Khruner

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Description: Drawing of a broken faience stele depicting a poorly known pharaoh of the 13th Dynasty, Semenkare Nebnuni (right), making an offer before the god Ptah "South of his wall" (left); The cartouche above the king contain his throne name "Semenkare". The same scene appears on the verso, but with the god Horus "Lord of the foreign countries" instead of Ptah, and with the cartouche containing the personal name "Nebnuni". Faience from Gebel Zeit in the Sinai, present location unknown, reign of Nebnuni (18th century BCE), 13th Dynasty, Second Intermediate Period. [ref: Georges Castel & Georges Soukiassian, Dépôt de stèles dans le sanctuaire du Nouvel Empire au Gebel Zeit, BIFAO 85 (1985), ISSN 0255-0962, p. 290, pl. 62]
Title: Stele Nebnuni by Khruner
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Author: Khruner
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