Limestone offering table

 

Limestone offering table

 (Htp) 

This rectangular block in limestone constitutes a table of offerings. On its surface, a large "hetep" sign is flanked by four small rectangular bowls. The object, which probably dates from the 4th Dynasty and which comes from a tomb of El Mahasna, bears a short inscription mentioning the name and the titles of the owner.

 GOVERNORATE OF SOHAG:  EL-MAHASNA 

 LIMESTONE

OLD KINGDOM:  4TH DYNASTY ?

 KMKG - MRAH

 

J. Garstang, Mahâsna and Bêt Khallâf, Londres 1902, pl. 32, 33

L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 7 nº 45

Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings V 39

La tierra del toro apis. Dioses, Reyes y Hombres del Egipto Faraonica (Exposition), Pamplona 1997, 119

Lieu de découverte:
L'objet provient des fouilles de J. Garstang (Tombe M 336).

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