Stele of Sebekemheb
18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III (1391-1353 BC)
Sandstone
Height: 101 cm
Inv.: MEB E-282
The scenes show the scribe and ‘Childof the Kap’ Sebekemheb and his wife before the gods Osiris and Anubis. Below them, various relatives bring offerings for the deceased. The ‘false door’ stela was conceived as a means of communication between the world of the living and the dead.