Stele of Anhorkhawi in the Brooklyn Museum, August 2007

Stele of Anhorkhawi
Limestone
New Kingdom, Dynasty XX, reign of Ramses III (circa 1184-1153 BC), or later
From Deir el Medinah, Theban Tomb 359
Accession # 80.113

In the upper register of this stela, the solar deity Ra-Horakthy is seated in the boat in which he crosses heaven from east to west. The stela's owner, Anhorkhawi, kneels in the lower register, posed in one of the Egyptian gestures of adoration. The text around him comprises a hymn to the setting sun. The stela was probably set into one of the faces of the small pyramid that surmounted Anhorkhawi's tomb.

Text from the Brooklyn Museum label.