Lot no. 2
FUNERARY STELE
In a naos, the deceased is shown standing, wearing a loincloth with a cloak as a gesture of offering before the god Osiris. Between the two figures, an offering table. In the field, top right, 4 vertical registers of hieroglyphic text.
Limestone. Dim. 34,5 x 42 cm . Very burnt surface.
Egypt, 3rd Intermediate Period, ca. 1070-723 BC
A Third Intermediate Period limestone funerary stela depicting a man making an offering to Osiris. Ca. 1070-723 BCE
Provenance
Former B. Eyerhalde (1933-2012), Nîmes
Then by descent
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