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Source Description
This table is carved in relief and has a spout at the back. Customary offerings of food and drink cover the whole table except the rim; in the center are a goose and a bowl, while on the left and right are two round loaves and a tall water pot.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
5233
label
Offering Table
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
5233
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Offering Table
description
This table is carved in relief and has a spout at the back. Customary offerings of food and drink cover the whole table except the rim; in the center are a goose and a bowl, while on the left and right are two round loaves and a tall water pot.
provenance
Ismael [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as 12th dynasty, Found at Dashour]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 746-335 BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
tables (support furniture)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30.5
height
16.5
dimensionsRaw
L: 12 x W: 6 1/2 in. (30.5 x 16.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[On the rim and front] To be recited: take to yourself this your libation (of cool water)
Osiris
the foremost of the Westerners
(all good things) on which the great gods live
in the 'House of the Phoenix
' in Heliopolis. To be recited: take to yourself this your libation (of cool water)
Osiris
lord of the Westerners
who comes from Yeb (Elephantine)
and who originates in the earth in Heliopolis. To the Osiris
the prophet-priest of Khnum
Iry-nufer...son of a man with the same titles
Y-r-wa
born of Te-shep
the blessed.
med
black granite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ac43d42640dbf242