Artworks

Egyptian limestone round-topped stele for the scribe Kaemwaset The top register shows the owner worshipping before Osiris, with above him an adoration address to the god 'Adoring Osiris, kissing the ground before him'. A further four columns of hieroglyphs read 'A boon which the King gives to Osiris, the great god, Lord of the Westerners, that he might grant everything good and pure that comes forth from his altar'. The lower register shows members of the owner's family, including his wife Ta-nefer-iru. Intact, though the surface worn and stained in places.

Provenance

Ex. Durville Collection c.1950. Accompanied by an export licence issued by the French Ministry of Culture.

Literature

For the type compare Pierre Lacau Catalogue General des Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire- Steles du Nouvel Empire (Cairo 1926) pl.XXXVIII/34.070.