Dream Stele
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The Dream Stele is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab erected between the paws of the Great Sphinx at Giza, commemorating Thutmose IV’s divine dream promising him kingship if he restored the monument.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dream Stele canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian stele
ⓘ
inscribed stone slab ⓘ royal monument ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
ⓘ
surface form:
Sphinx Stele
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV ⓘ
surface form:
Stela of Thutmose IV
|
| archaeologicalSite |
Giza
ⓘ
surface form:
Giza Necropolis
|
| associatedWith |
Great Sphinx of Giza
ⓘ
Thutmose IV ⓘ |
| civilization |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| commissionedBy | Thutmose IV ⓘ |
| conditionForKingship | restoration and clearing of the Sphinx from sand ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| creatorRole | pharaoh ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important source for understanding pharaonic dream oracles
ⓘ
key evidence for New Kingdom restoration of Old Kingdom monuments ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Giza
ⓘ
surface form:
Giza Plateau
|
| dateOfCreation | circa 1401 BCE ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Great Sphinx of Giza
ⓘ
surface form:
the Great Sphinx
Ra-Horakhty ⓘ
surface form:
the sun god Ra-Horakhty
|
| depicts | Thutmose IV standing before the Sphinx ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Thutmose IV’s dream while sleeping in the shadow of the Sphinx
ⓘ
promise of kingship from the god embodied in the Sphinx ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Giovanni Battista Caviglia ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1818 ⓘ |
| dynasty | 18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| function |
commemoration of a divine dream
ⓘ
legitimation of royal authority ⓘ record of restoration of the Sphinx ⓘ |
| genre | royal propaganda ⓘ |
| height | approximately 3.6 metres ⓘ |
| iconography | king offering to a sphinx-shaped deity ⓘ |
| inscriptionStatus | partially eroded ⓘ |
| inscriptionType |
commemorative text
ⓘ
royal inscription ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| locatedAt | between the paws of the Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ |
| material | red granite ⓘ |
| narrativeContent |
divine legitimation of kingship
ⓘ
dream narrative ⓘ |
| partOf | monumental complex of the Great Sphinx ⓘ |
| period |
New Kingdom of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
New Kingdom
|
| reign | Thutmose IV ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Sphinx as a manifestation of a solar deity
ⓘ
solar cult of Ra ⓘ |
| script | hieroglyphic ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Egyptological studies on royal ideology
ⓘ
studies of the Great Sphinx’s history ⓘ |
| width | approximately 1.4 metres ⓘ |
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