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Inventory Stela

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Summary of the Saite stela found by Mariette in 1858 (Cairo JE 2091) that credits Khufu with finding the Sphinx and the Isis temple, and the reasons Egyptologists treat it as a late composition (anachronistic titles, Horus-name usage, Isis unattested before Dynasty 5).

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Used for the stela's text and its assessment pending a check of Zivie-Coche 1991.

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Wikipedia contributors (n.d.). Inventory Stela. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventory_Stela
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