The stela is rectangular. The top corners are slightly rounded, but this is probably due to wear. The representation is executed in bas-relief. The left side features a standing male figure, facing right and wearing a short curly wig, a simple broad necklace and a triangular protruding kilt. The left hand holds a long staff, the right hand a sceptre. On the offering-table in front of him are three sealed jars, a shin of beef, a piece of fowl and two more pieces of meat. Under the offering-table is a basin with a cloth over it. The text is in two horizontal lines above the scene.
Present location |
ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM |
Inventory number |
APM 8789 |
Dating |
11TH DYNASTY |
Archaeological Site |
UNKNOWN |
Category |
STELA |
Material |
LIMESTONE |
Technique |
LOW RELIEF |
Height |
28.6 cm |
Width |
18.5 cm |
Depth |
5 cm |
(1) The king gives a boon: the boon, which has been given to Osiris, lord of the West, (that he may give) an invocation offering consisting of oxen and fowl, a thousand pieces of alabaster and clothing,
(2) and all good and pure things, to the revered Intef, borne by Ini.