Funerary Stela Summary

The Funerary Stela was created in the twentieth Dynasty— circa 1190 to 1075 BCE in Aniba, Nubia, Egypt. The piece was constructed out of painted sandstone for the tomb of Mery, a man who oversaw the King’s treasury. An Egyptian story about the sun god Ra as well as hieroglyphics of a hymn to Ra is depicted on the relief. The work of art, the Funerary Stela, represents the Egyptians fascination with their many gods and the afterlife. Egyptians were polytheistic and worshiped many gods such as Ra, Anubis, Osiris, Isis, and many others. To the Egyptians, Ra was the sun god and the creator of everything. Egyptians heavily wanted to live in the afterlife after they passed so they took part in many traditions and rituals to set their