Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Limestone Stela Fragment depicted in a frontal stance

depicted in a frontal stance with arms bent and resting across the torso

Her refined features are rendered in the distinctive South Italian red-figure style

Culture: Ancient Egyptian

arranged in horizontal registers and linear banding

Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Limestone Stela Fragment depicted in a frontal stanceAncient Egyptian New Kingdom Limestone Stela Fragment, ca. 15501070 BCE. Carved limestone stela fragment depicting a kneeling male worshipper in a pose of devotion. Fine traces of the original red ochre pigment remain visible on the figure, preserving part of the monument's original painted decoration. The upper portion retains part of a wing, likely from the winged solar disk that traditionally crowned New Kingdom stelae as a symbol of divine