Stela with a Dedication to Anubis

This sandstone 𓂋𓅱𓂧𓏏𓌗𓈙 piece, located in one of the tiny 𓈖𓆓𓋴𓅩 offshoot galleries at the MET is a stela 𓎗𓅱𓆓𓉸 from the New Kingdom (c. 1400–1390 B.C.E.) with two 𓏻 people, Siamun and Taruy, worshipping Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣! Usually on stelae 𓎗𓅱𓆓𓉸𓏪, people are shown worshipping Osiris 𓁹𓊨𓀭, so seeing Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 on one makes me very happy! 

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! I’m going to start on the right, with the cartouche!

(𓇳𓏠𓆣𓏼) – Thutmosis IV 

Now, above Anubis: 

𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱 – Anubis

𓎟 – Lord

𓇾𓏤𓈅𓂦 – Sacred Land

Above the Two People: 

𓂋𓏏𓂞𓀢 – Giving Praise

𓇋𓈖 – To

𓇋𓈖𓊪𓏲 – Anubis

𓇋𓈖 – by the 

𓃂 – Wab Priest

(These hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 are etched out, but probably read “Siamun”)

𓌢𓈖𓏏 – Sister

𓈘𓏏 – Beloved

𓆑 – His

𓏏𓄿𓂋𓏤𓏭𓅱 – Taruy

So all 𓎟 together 𓈖𓊗, the inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 reads: 

“𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓎟𓇾𓏤𓈅𓂦” – Anubis, Lord of the Sacred Land

“𓂋𓏏𓂞𓀢𓇋𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊪𓏲𓇋𓈖𓃂…𓌢𓈖𓏏𓈘𓏏𓆑𓏏𓄿𓂋𓏤𓏭𓅱” – Giving praise to Anubis, by the Wab Priest (Siamun) to his beloved sister Taruy.