An Egyptian Limestone Stela, late 12th/early 13th Dynasty, circa 1800-1700 B.C.

carved in sunk relief with two confronted striding men, wearing kilts of differing lengths with triangular over-folds in front, and long wigs, eight columns of inscription above containing two offering formulas, the figure on the left named as "the scribe Imeni, whom Hemi bore," the one on the right as the "Guest of Osiris Khenti-Amentiu, Lord of Abydos."

the Norwegian painter and art collector Henrik Sørensen (1878-1962), acquired in Paris, London or Cairo in the 1950s
the Norwegian physicist Sven Oluf Sørensen (1920-2017)
by descent to the current owner

As shown. Weathered overall. Salts in the stone have migrated to the surface due to damp conditions in which the relief was kept and caused some of the details to grow fainter.
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