Banobal stele

Banobal inscription
Banobal inscription (Daressy)
The stele (CG 9402 in the Cairo Museum), showing "Horus on the Crocodiles". The Phoenician inscription of Banobal is on the front of the plinth (not visible at this resolution)

The Banobal stele is a Horus on the Crocodiles stele with a Phoenician graffiti inscription on a block of marble which served as a base for an Egyptian stele, found near the Pyramid of Unas in Memphis, Egypt in 1900. The inscription is known as KAI 48 or RES 1.

It was first mentioned in 1900 by Melchior de Vogüe, who had been sent a copy of the stele by Gaston Maspero, who was excavating Memphis, Egypt.

It is currently at the Egyptian Museum, with ID CG 9402 (JE 33264+34081).

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