Memorial Stela
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Sep 1978
name: label: Donor Name
content: Presidential Palace
label: Site Name
content: Matariya (Heliopolis)
notes: label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Memorial stela of Nu, c. 1500 BC. A Bicentennial gift from Egypt, this stone slab from Heliopolis depicts the deceased, his wife and their three sons. The hieroglyphics at the top reveal that Nu's eldest son commissioned the monument to ensure his father's name was always remembered.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period, Dynasty XVIII
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 330782
label: USNM Number
content: A482777-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stela