ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Stela of a Man Making an Offering to Osiris

CultureEgyptian

PeriodThird Intermediate Period

Date1076-723 BCE

MediumWood, pigment

Credit LineMohamed Farid Khamis/Oriental Weavers Fund

Dimensions8 3/8 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (21.3 x 34.3 x 3.2 cm)

Object number2005.015.003

Label TextThe Egyptians commemorated burials with stele as early as the 1st Dynasty (2950-2730 BC). In their earliest and most basic form, funerary stele bore only the name of the owner. This example, dating to the Third Intermediate Period (1076-723 BC), incorporates standard elements such as the individual performing an offering ritual before a deity underneath a winged solar disk. The deceased is depicted on the viewer's right wearing a long kilt and standing before an offering table. He offers incense and a bouquet of lotus blossoms to Osiris, god of the Underworld. The text below is an offering formula requesting donations on behalf of the deceased.
Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - Present
Published ReferencesPiasa, Archeologie (September 28 - 29, 2004), 62, lot 283.

ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Piasa, Paris, September 28, 2004, lot 283.

Status

On view

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