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Wüthrich, Annik; Dietrich, Charlotte (2022, online: 2021)
The Copenhagen Wooden
Stela AAd6 from the National Museum of Denmark: An unusual Testimony of the
22nd Dynasty
Ägypten und Levante, Bd. 31, S. 513-537
Publication date: 31.1.2022 (online: 31.12.2021)
Lengths of the embargo period: 0 months
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1553/ERC_StG_757951_The_Copenhagen_Wooden_Stela_AAd6_from_the_National_Museum_of_Denmark_An_unusual_Testimony_of_the_22nd_Dynasty
Abstract
The subject of this article is a wooden stela (AAd6) kept in the National Museum of Denmark in
Copenhagen. By iconographical and typological criteria, this object is datable to the 22nd Dynasty
and probably comes from the Theban area. The stela displays several particularities, among others,
one of the longest genealogies preserved on this object type. Alongside a careful investigation of the
different iconographical elements and a new translation of the text, this contribution looks into the
onomastic and the prosopographical material, examining different titles such as “ḥnk-nw.w-priest in
southern Heliopolis” or “wab-priest in chief of the estate of Mut, the great one, the mistress of
Isheru.” This study not only reconstitutes the family tree but also connects this object with three
others, that are datable to a timeframe from the 21st Dynasty to the beginning of the 26th Dynasty.
An excursus focusing on the painting sequence of the text and depictions contributes to a better
understanding of the creation of wooden stelae in the Third intermediate Period.
Project
Challenging Time(s)´ – A New Approach to Written Sources for Ancient Egyptian Chronology ( CT)
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 757951 and is hosted at the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The results published are solely within the author’s responsibility and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Research Council or the European Commission who must not be held responsible for either contents or their further use.
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