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The Djedherbes stele is a funerary stele created in Ancient Egypt. It was recovered in 1994 at Saqqara and has received much attention for its suggestive combination of Egyptian and Achaemenid Persian iconography. The stele commemorates Djedherbes, whose father was a Persian named Artam and his mother an Egyptian named Tanofrether. His lineage is inscribed in the stele in hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions. Some scholars believe the stele was created during the first Persian domination of Egypt (525-404 BC), whereas others believe it was created at some point in the first half of the fourth century BC.

The stele depicts the image of an Egyptian burial rite superimposed over an offering scene in Achaemenid Persian style, conveying the same kind of duality as Djedherbes' parentage. The upper register of the stele shows a standard Egyptian funerary scene with the mummified dead lying on a lion-bier with Isis, Nephthys and Anubis in attendance. The lower register of the stele depicts a bearded figure enthroned in Persian dress who raises a phiale to his lips with one hand and holds a lotus in the other. The figure is shown seated in front of two offering tables and attendands wearing long tunics. Blabla notes that the meaning and cultural origins of this scene are debated.

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