Keywords: Egyptian - Funeral Stele - Walters 22155.jpg This piece is a rectangular round-topped stela its images carved in low raised relief while it's inscription is carved in sunk relief It depicts the deceased and his wife seated before an offering table facing to the left The male wears a collar and a long shendyt and has a shaved head while his wife wears a long narrow strapless garment and an elaborate wig surmounted with a cone of fat He holds a lotus blossom to his nose while his wife places her hands on him in a loving gesture On the opposite side of the table is a sem-priest holding a closed Hst water -vase Above these three people in the curved portion of the stela is a symmetrical image two recumbent Anubis-jakals one has Inp- Anubis written above his back each sitting upon a shrine facing each other Between them is the hieroglyph for imnt -meaning the West i e the Necropolis Behind each of the jackals is a wDAt -eye and above the left jackal is preserved a Sn hieroglyph symbolizing protection on top of a cup/basket hieroglyph There are remnants of red and black pigment on the stela The stela was broken into two large fragments and the top right corner is broken off; large metal staples and plaster have been added There is an odd-looking divot between the back of the female and the back of the chair between 1400 1350 BC New Kingdom limestone cm 56 accession number 22 155 37617 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown claimed from Abydos Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Transcription Text damaged during conversion 1 htp di ny-swt wsir nb ddw ntrw nbw dt di sn 2 ax m pp sic xr ra wsr m ta pa sic xr gb maa-xrw m 3 xrt-ntr xr wsir qb m irp irtt ssp 4 n pw sbw/dfaw m r-staw iw xtxt m-bah nbw hr sms ka tawyw sic ra nb 5 n sic xr; Translation An offering which the king gives to Osiris lord of Busiris and the gods the lords of eternity so that they may give - being glorious in heaven before Re powerful on the earth before Geb and justified in the necropolis before Osiris - cold water with wine and milk receiving food-offerings in Ro-Setau coming and going in the presence of the lords following the ka of the two lands everyday to the Secret Signs Egyptian Writing The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2003-2004 place of origin Thebes present-day Luxor Egypt Walters Art Museum license Wine in ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |