Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 194
An Egyptian limestone offering table for the priest Horemheb
28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,687.50 inc. premium
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An Egyptian limestone offering table for the priest Horemheb
Ptolemaic Period, circa 200 B.C.
Carved in sunken relief with two large water jars flanking a row of offerings, comprising bread and cakes in baskets, and beer, wine and milk in jugs, a lotus flower above, with four short vertical lines of text on each side above the offerings, listing them as, on the left: wine, beer and milk and ..., on the right, various types of bread, the central scene with a 'mat' beneath, and framed by a hieroglyphic text running around the outer edge of the table, the upper and side bands of text giving the title and name of the deceased and those of his parents: sma-priest of the god Min called Horemheb whose father held the same office and was called Nespamay, his mother a sistrum-player of Min called Tares, the base line of text asks for water that the deceased be contented and flourish, the deities from whom these benefits are requested are in the missing section at each side of the broken spout, 35.3cm x 28cm
Ptolemaic Period, circa 200 B.C.
Carved in sunken relief with two large water jars flanking a row of offerings, comprising bread and cakes in baskets, and beer, wine and milk in jugs, a lotus flower above, with four short vertical lines of text on each side above the offerings, listing them as, on the left: wine, beer and milk and ..., on the right, various types of bread, the central scene with a 'mat' beneath, and framed by a hieroglyphic text running around the outer edge of the table, the upper and side bands of text giving the title and name of the deceased and those of his parents: sma-priest of the god Min called Horemheb whose father held the same office and was called Nespamay, his mother a sistrum-player of Min called Tares, the base line of text asks for water that the deceased be contented and flourish, the deities from whom these benefits are requested are in the missing section at each side of the broken spout, 35.3cm x 28cm
Footnotes
Provenance:
Miss Nellie Brayne (1938-2019) collection, Saron, near Caernarfon; acquired prior to 1996 from a neighbouring private collector.