Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela
Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela

Egyptian Hieroglyphic Inscribed Stone Section of an Offering Stela

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Late New Kingdom, Circa 20th Dynasty, 663 - 525 B.C.,  Section of an offerings prayer stela bearing seven registers of clearly cut hieroglyphic text in sunk relief, in cream colored sandstone, with some pigment remaining. 

The stela’s inscription seems to be mostly autobiographical, with the (deceased) owner enumerating the good things he did while alive, probably as an argument for receiving offerings in the afterlife. Specific phrases are attested on other such stelae, and although these inscriptions are slightly formulaic, this appears to be a unique  inscription.

. . .
1.  … without
2.  … I [gave] bread to the hungry, clo-
3.  [thes to the naked] … I [did] this because of my excellent character
4.  … those who … the great god to the western horizon of the sky
5.  … that I might rest in my place of eternity and join 
6.  … that Hapy (the inundation) might [give] to me provisions, offerings, fresh plants
7.  … I being vigilant in searching for
. . .

As for the date, the style of the hieroglyphs suggests to me probably later New Kingdom, such as 19th or 20th Dynasty. Some of the phrases, such as “I gave bread to the hungry and clothes to the naked” are attested much earlier; the expression “that I might rest in my place of eternity and join [the cave of everlastingness, i.e., the tomb]” is known from another stela of the late 18th Dynasty.


Size : 10 1/4" H. x 6 1/2" W. x 3 1/4" D.;  13 inches on custom mount.

Ex From the collection of a deceased Harvard Science Professor who acquired it in the  1990s.
 

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