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THE STÈLE C 14 OF THE LOUVRE1
The stèle C 14, published by Lepsius (Auswahl, taf. ix)
and Prisse d'Avennes (Monuments égyptiens, pl. VII), lias
been often allucled to, but never translatecl. It was found
in Abydos by Thédenat du Vent, sold to Cousinéry, and then
to the Louvre. Champollion, struck by the conformity of
style which it offers to the stèle 45 in Turin, ascribed it to
the XXIst Dynasty, and tried to discover on it the names of
King Smendes and King Psousennes (Lettres à M. le duc
deBlacas, deuxième Lettre, p. 114-118). E. deRougéthought
« it might be considered on the whole as being one of the
master-pieces of Egyptian sculpture » (Catalogue des Mo-
numents égyptiens de la salle du Rez-de-chaussée, 1849,
p. 47, and Rapport adressé à M. le Directeur général des
Musées Nationaux, 1851, p. 17), and his opinion was fully
re-echoed by Orcurti. The fact is, the first draught of the
hieroglyphics, which was done in red ink, and remains to
this day visible, is exceedingly fine, but the carving, al-
though very elaborate, is by no means excellent.
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C 14 was erected for a certain I Iritisen, in the
-cs>-1
reign of Mentuhotep, Râ-neb-kheru (XIth Dynasty). Iritisen
and his wife Hapu, are figured twice on it. First, in
the lower part, sitting together upon one seat, the lady with
1. Publié dans les Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archceo-
logy, t. V, p. 555-562 ; la traduction a été reproduite dans les Records
ofthe Past, V ser., t. V, p. 1-4.
The stèle C 14, published by Lepsius (Auswahl, taf. ix)
and Prisse d'Avennes (Monuments égyptiens, pl. VII), lias
been often allucled to, but never translatecl. It was found
in Abydos by Thédenat du Vent, sold to Cousinéry, and then
to the Louvre. Champollion, struck by the conformity of
style which it offers to the stèle 45 in Turin, ascribed it to
the XXIst Dynasty, and tried to discover on it the names of
King Smendes and King Psousennes (Lettres à M. le duc
deBlacas, deuxième Lettre, p. 114-118). E. deRougéthought
« it might be considered on the whole as being one of the
master-pieces of Egyptian sculpture » (Catalogue des Mo-
numents égyptiens de la salle du Rez-de-chaussée, 1849,
p. 47, and Rapport adressé à M. le Directeur général des
Musées Nationaux, 1851, p. 17), and his opinion was fully
re-echoed by Orcurti. The fact is, the first draught of the
hieroglyphics, which was done in red ink, and remains to
this day visible, is exceedingly fine, but the carving, al-
though very elaborate, is by no means excellent.
-<s>- n
C 14 was erected for a certain I Iritisen, in the
-cs>-1
reign of Mentuhotep, Râ-neb-kheru (XIth Dynasty). Iritisen
and his wife Hapu, are figured twice on it. First, in
the lower part, sitting together upon one seat, the lady with
1. Publié dans les Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archceo-
logy, t. V, p. 555-562 ; la traduction a été reproduite dans les Records
ofthe Past, V ser., t. V, p. 1-4.