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Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 23nd to 26th dynasty, ca. 712 to 525 BCE. An incredible round-topped wood funerary stele for Hetepamun with colorful vignettes, hieroglyphic inscription and in great condition. The upper portion is decorated with a winged sun disk. Below are deities, falcon headed Ra-Horakhty and Atum, with a lotus flower and blue pedestal with a vessel resting before the gods and worshiping women dressed in white garments. The central register figures are likely read as 2 parallel scenes, the woman representing the deceased, showing devotion to both gods. A great number of votive stelae survive from the archaeological record. Funerary stelae like this were dedicated to the gods and were presented to temples and sanctuaries by individuals to express their personal devotion. They were also part of small altars erected in private homes and used for good favor in the afterlife and in a funerary context. Translation of the hieroglyphic text in extended description below. Size: 9.75" L x 1" W x 13.25" H (24.8 cm x 2.5 cm x 33.7 cm)
Hieroglyphic translation: Under the winged sun disk at top (twice, once in each direction): "He of Behdet, the great god, lord of heaven, of variegated plumage." Above the woman at left: "The Osiris, the lady of the house Hetepamun, true of voice, daughter of the prophet of Montu, lord of Thebes, residing in Medamud, Rer." Above the falcon-headed god: "Re." Above the Atum: "Atum, lord of Heliopolis." Above the woman at right: "The Osiris Hetepamun, true of voice, daughter of the prophet of Montu, lord of Thebes, residing in Medamud, Rer, true of voice." Main text at bottom, left half: "An offering that the king gives to Re-Horakhy, he of the sky, the great god, lord of heaven, that he may (in turn) give invocation offerings of bread, beer, oxen, fowl, alabaster, linen, incense, unguent, offerings, and all provisions for the spirit of the Osiris Hetepamun, true of voice, daughter of the prophet of Montu, lord of Thebes, residing [in Medamud
]" Main text at bottom, right half: "An offering that the king gives to Atum, lord of the Two Lands, he of Heliopolis, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, the great god residing in the mound, that he may (in turn) give all that goes forth from upon the offering table for the spirit of the Osiris, lady of the house, Hetepamun, true of voice, daughter of the prophet of Montu, lord of Thebes, residing in Medamud, Rer [...]"
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Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Dr. Otto O. Fisher collection, Detroit, Michigan, USA thence by descent to daughter Dr. Evelyn Josephine Fisher, thence by descent to nephew N.G., Richmond, Virginia, USA; ex-Frederick George Hilton Price collection, London, UK, 1897, published as lot # 2024; ex-Mr. Fleur M. R. Sabatier collection via Druout, Paris, France, March 31 - April 1, 1890, lot 87
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#182323
- Condition: Repaired from two pieces down center with the vertical crack visible and minor losses to bird atop as well as edges. Total loss to bottom register of hieroglyphics and loss to half of the next lower registers of hieroglyphics. Comes in a buckram leather slip case.
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