The Framework of the Meeting Narrative Uses of Stelae in Egyptian Literary Texts

Egyptian stelae, whether private (funerary) or royal (commemorative), share a series of formal and structural elements, which allow them to be considered as two expressions of the same intellectual process and of a similar message. In terms of content, the relationship between the monarch and the deity is framed for purposes that may vary depending on the use and location of the stele, but beneath which lies an analogous structure. This relationship framework also seems to be expressed in various passages of the Story of Sinuhe, the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor and the Report of Wenamun, in each of which a reference to a stela, defined by terminology and the appropriate formal context, seems to present the reader with a framework which indicates the relationship between the individual and a character of a higher category

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