Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis

by Peter Der Manuelian

Fifteen "slab stelae" and stela fragments were found set into the exterior walls of the Giza mastaba tombs from the reign of Khufu and his successors. Taken as a group, they provide one of the most important sources of Egyptian artistic and historical documents of the early Old Kingdom. This publication presents a fresh interpretation of the Giza stelae, with new colour photography, "digital epigraphy" facsimile drawings, new translations, original...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974002518
• ISBN13: 9780974002514
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Yale Egyptology
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 4.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 13.3" x 10.7"