@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ New-York Historical Society in December 1864 (fig. 2), reported in major
newspapers at the time---,[^4] the stone was donated by Anderson's sons
E. Ellery and Edward H. Anderson to the Society in 1877.[^5]
**~~Figure 3. Epitaph of Timothea, back side. Photography: the author.~~**
There the
stele received the inventory number O.127An, reflected in a
label still attached to its back (fig. 3). It may be among the "Four
Stones with Greek inscriptions" mentioned in an unnumbered inventory of
the Anderson gift printed in 1915.[^6]
**~~Figure 3. Epitaph of Timothea, back side. Photography: the author.~~**
Anderson himself never published an account of how he came into
possession of this stele or any other antiquities from Egypt or its
vicinity. Other sources, however, firmly establish a visit in late 1847
