Tomb stela for Kety and Senet

Two young women are standing opposite each other holding lotus flowers to their noses. In the other hand, they are holding a small cloth. Kety (on the right) is represented slimmer and leaner than her sister. Her dress shows a rare lozenge pattern. On the offering table in between the pair lie two calves' heads and one goose head, who are to be understood pars pro toto -as in hieroglyphic writing- as meaning "oxen and fowl". The somewhat rigid two-dimensional relief is of a high artistic quality, full of life, elegance and individual differentiation.

Present location	KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM [09/001] VIENNA
Inventory number	95
Dating	MIDDLE KINGDOM
Archaeological Site	UNKNOWN
Category	STELA
Material	LIMESTONE
Technique	HEWN; CARVED; ENGRAVED
Height	35.5 cm
Width	20.7 cm
An offering which the king gives to Osiris, the Lord of Busiris, who resides in the west, so that he will give a funerary offering of bread and beer, meat and poultry to the venerable Kety, born of Hetep, (and) Senet, born of Hetep.Depth	5.5 cm