E.Me 66: A Caromemphite Figural Stela in the British Museum

This article presents a new edition of a fragmentary Carian stela. The stone was spoliated from the Carian necropolis west of Memphis and reused in the lining of the Baboon Catacombs in the Sacred Animal Necropolis at Saqqara. The two fragments have been kept at London’s British Museum since their excavation in winter 1968–1969. Although long known, this stela has never received a full publication. While the text is very damaged, much of the original adoration scene is preserved, adding to the small corpus of Caromemphite art. This sheds light on the working practices of Carian artists in Memphis in the sixth century BCE.