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       Inscriptions

Stela of Wesi Decorated Balustrade fragment

The inscription gives the names and titles of Wesi and Ipuy along with a prayer invoking offerings for their spirits in the afterlife. Ipuy was a Chantress of Amen-Ra; the name Amen has been chiselled out at the bottom of the third column from the left, part of Akhenaten's campaign against this god.

The inscription gives the names of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, followed by terms of praise and the mention of "the House of Rejoicing of Aten in the Mansion of Aten in Akhetaten," (Akhetaten is the name of Akhenaten's capital city, moden Amarna).