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Description: Donation stele with curse inscription. Limestone. Third Intermediate Period of Egypt, Dynasty XXII, probable reign of Shoshenq III, c. 825-773 BC. From Mendes, Egypt. It depicts the High priest of the Ma Harnakht A, prince of Mendes. Inscription celebrates a donation of land to an Egyptian temple, and places a curse on anyone who would misuse or appropriate the land from the temple. (Stated reign length: 837 to 798 BC.)
Title: Donation stele with curse inscription
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