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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