# The Inventory Stela ("Stela of Khufu's Daughter")

> Limestone, 70 by 30 by 43.5 cm. Claims Khufu found the Isis temple beside the Sphinx and rebuilt it, which makes it the one text placing the Sphinx…

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# The Inventory Stela ("Stela of Khufu's Daughter")

PhotographPublic domainSaite (Twenty-sixth Dynasty) composition

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Limestone, 70 by 30 by 43.5 cm. Claims Khufu found the Isis temple beside the Sphinx and rebuilt it, which makes it the one text placing the Sphinx before Khufu. Its anachronisms mark it as a late priestly composition.

Délié, Hippolyte and Béchard, Émile, 1858. Public domain

## Copies 4

**Photo** Giza Project at Harvard University · giza.fas.harvard.edu · non-commercial with citationPrimary source: [Limestone inventory stela (GEM_3568, Cairo JE 2091)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTWRZ2C0BQH/limestone-inventory-stela-gem-3568-cairo-je-2091)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://giza.fas.harvard.edu/objects/54850/full/)

**Photograph** Délié, Hippolyte and Béchard, Émile · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inventory_Stela_(1872).png)

**Photograph** Auguste Mariette · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariette_Monuments_divers_1872_pl_53.png)

**Photograph** Gaston Maspero · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inventory_Stela.png)

## Where it was made

[Temple of Isis beside pyramid G1-c](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS2FR66WG/temple-of-isis-beside-pyramid-g1-c) · Temple

## Sources 2

- [Inventory Stela](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTWRYTJ654Q/inventory-stela)_SRC_
- [Limestone inventory stela (GEM_3568, Cairo JE 2091)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTWRZ2C0BQH/limestone-inventory-stela-gem-3568-cairo-je-2091)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Inventory Stela ("Stela of Khufu's Daughter") [Artifact ART0CTWT0RG57FW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CTWT0RG57FW
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**ART** 0CTWT0RG57FW

Kind

Document

Held by

Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza (GEM_3568; formerly Egyptian Museum, Cairo, JE 2091)

Dated

Saite (Twenty-sixth Dynasty) composition; found June 1858 by Mariette in the Isis temple beside pyramid G1-c

Licence

Public domain

Place

[Temple of Isis beside pyramid G1-c](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS2FR66WG/temple-of-isis-beside-pyramid-g1-c)

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[Great Sphinx of Giza](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx)

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