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| Title | funerary stela in adoration to Osiris | |
| Collection | Artworld: Oriental Museum | |
| Artist | Wepwawet, Jackal-God Of Upper Egypt Osiris, God Of Duat, The Underworld Isis, Goddess |
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| Date | 1540 - 1292 BCE | |
| Description | Round-topped stela with three registers. In the upper register is a scene depicting the god Wepwawet as a jackal-headed man with a was-sceptre in his left hand. Osiris is seated on a block throne before an elaborate offering table; he is depicted mummiform, wearing the atef-crown and holding a was-sceptre. Isis stands behind Osiris wearing a modius and uraeus on her head, holding an ankh-symbol in her left hand and her right hand raised to Osiris. In the middle register is scene depicting a standing man pouring a libation before a seated couple on the right hand side. On the left hand side, there is a seated couple before an offering table, with a female child standing behind them. In the lower register is a scene depicting two kneeling males on the right hand side of an offering table and two kneeling females on the left hand side, with a female child standing behind them. |
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| Description Source | Birch, S. 1880. Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities at Alnwick Castle, London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, p. 302-304 | |
| Cultural Context | Egyptian | |
| Id Number Former Accession | N1964 | |
| Inscription | Egyptian, hieroglyphic, incised on front | |
| Location Creation Site | Misr | |
| Location Current Repository | The Oriental Museum | |
| Subject | architecture, architectural element, stela | |
| Measurements | 26.8 x 40.9 cm | |
| Notes | Phrase 'Foremost of the westerners' is unfinished. | |
| Relation References | Hart, G. 1986. A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. London New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, p. 101-107, 151-167, 222-223. | |
| Rights | Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved | |
| Rights Owner | OM | |
| Style Period | New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty | |
| Work Type | stela | |
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