martes, 13 de abril de 2021

votive cloth

This piece of painted material belongs to the category of

"shrouds" and "votive cloths" which have been found in the funerary temple of Montuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari. The majority of fabrics show the male or female owner in the middle of presenting offerings to the <A HREF="God">goddess</A> Hathor. According to the iconographic details, one distinguishes different groups. The Brussels example belongs to the group which depicts the cow-goddess in a processional barque. Three small columns of hieroglyphs, which surmount the scene, mention the name of the owner and of the local <A HREF="God">goddess</A>.
DEIR EL-BAHARI
NEW KINGDOM: 18TH DYNASTY
L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 46 nº 162
Van dieren en mensen. Getuigenissen uit Prehistorie en Oudheid - Des animaux et des hommes. Témoignages de la Préhistoire et de l'Antiquité (Exposition), Bruxelles 1988, 178 nº 177
G. Pinch, Votive Offerings to Hathor, Oxford 1993, 111
KMKG - MRAH
Inventory number
E.2541

 

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