Funerary stele of Senbi
Round-topped funerary stele incised on a rectangular slab, its shape being delimited by a narrow band. The prenomen of king Amenemmes III inside a cartouche is shown at the center of the round top between the mummiform Osiris on the right and the jackal-god Wepwawet on the left. Below the round top are three lines of hieroglyphs. At the center of the stele, the funerary meal of Senbi is shown. The deceased sits on an elegant stool, inhaling the scent of a lotus flower. His parents sit to the right of the pile of offerings. On the lower part of the stele, four pairs of kneeling persons are represented as they take possession of piles of funerary offerings.
Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE
Inventory number 2506
Dating MIDDLE KINGDOM (not before); 12TH DYNASTY; MIDDLE KINGDOM (not after)
Archaeological Site UNSPECIFIED
Category STELA
Material LIMESTONE
Technique INCISION; PAINTED
Height 41.5 cm
Width 32 cm
Translation
Nemaatra
Osiris Khentiamentiu, lord of Abydos
Wepwawet, lord of Abydos
An offering that the king gives to Osiris, lord of Busiris, Khentiamentiu, lord of Abydos, that he may grant a funerary offering consisting of bread, beer, thousands of cattle and fowls, thousands of alabaster vases and clothing, incense, unguent, every good and pure thing on which the god lives, which the king grants, which the land produces, and which the Nile carries for the ka of the blessed, the scribe of the prison Senbi, born of Inyotef, justified.
The scribe of the prison Senbi. His father Ankeferoy. His mother Inyotef. His sister Senutpa. His sister Ittausenet. His brother Keki. His sister Resneferet.
The treasurer of the slaughterhouse Iuu. The superintendent of the storeroom Heter. The chamber-master of the harem Seneb. His sister Meretkhenetkhety.
Bibliography
S.Bosticco, Le stele egiziane dall'Antico al Nuovo Regno, I, Roma, 1959pgg. 36-37, n. 32.
