| Notes: | "This is the first fascicule of the new two-volume catalogue of the British Museum's collection of Egyptian stelae from the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, which is the largest single collection outside Egypt. The catalogue describes the scenes and inscriptions of forty-two stelae, with full translations, textual notes and explanatory diagrams. Each catalogue entry includes a wide-ranging general commentary on phraseology, formulae and titles, the importance of each stela in its historical and social context, and aspects of epigraphy and iconography. Every stela is illustrated with a full-page plate" -- v. 1 dust jacket, front flap.
V. 1 includes on p. 182-183 citations to objects held in the Brooklyn Museum.
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. 180-201) and indexes.
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