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Stele of Shepsipumin for his mother

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Rectangular stele with an uneven surface, showing the deceased sitting on a seat with a low back and animal-paw legs. Under the seat are her personal objects, a coffer on which an unguent bottle and a mirror are placed. The woman wears an ankle-long tunic. She is inhaling the scent of a lotus-flower and is reaching towards some bread slices laid on an offering table beside which are the head of an ox and a basin with a jug for ablutions.
On the upper right there is a hieroglyphic inscription.

Present location

MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number

7582

Dating

OLD KINGDOM

Archaeological Site

AKHMIM

Category

STELA

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

RELIEF

Height

37 cm

Width

50.5 cm

Translation

An offering that the king gives to Osiris [in all his seats:] a funerary [offering:] bread and beer for [...]uttkheses[...]. Thousands of bread loaves, thousands of beer jugs, thousands of alabaster vases, thousands of cloths; it is her eldest son Shepsipumin who has made for her (this stele).