Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

SAQQARA

EGYPT

SAQQARA 2007: INSCRIBED MATERIAL
Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz

FRAGMENT OF A BOUNDARY STELA
OF NETJERYKHET

A limestone block found in the surface layer
of sand (Field inv. no. S/07/9) can be
identified beyond all doubt as a fragment of
a boundary stela of Netjerykhet (Firth,
Quibell 1935: 119, PL 86; Lauer 1936:
187-190; cf. e.g. Kahl et alii 1995: 70-75,
80-89,112-113; Baud 2002: 83-85; Espinel

2003: 215-220) [Fig, 1]. The stela seems to
have been re-used (probably already during
the construction of the Netjerykhet’s
funerary complex (cf. Firth 1925: 149, PI. 4;
Lauer 1936: 189-190) as building material:
its upper (and possibly also the lower right-
hand) part has been cut straight, possibly to


Fig. 1. Fragment of the boundary stela of Netjerykhet
(Photo and drawing KO.Kuraszkiewisz)

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