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Relief of the scribe Ta

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A bald-headed man is depicted at the right hand side, kneeling on the left knee before the jackal god Anubis, who is on his shrine. The man, who according to the inscription is the scribe Ta, wears a long robe and a long kilt with a pleated apron, and raises his hands in adoration. Anubis wears a kind of collar with ribbons or a narrow sash around the neck. An Eye of Horus is depicted above his back. In front of him are a libation jar in a basin and a bouquet of lotus plants. The text consists of seven vertical columns above the scene and one horizontal line above the scribe.
The representations are finely carved in bas relief.

Present location

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number

APM 8852

Dating

19TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

RELIEF

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

LOW RELIEF

Height

51.4 cm

Width

61.5 cm

Depth

9 cm

Translation

(1) Anubis who is upon his mountain, lord of the necropolis,
(2) the great god, lord of Rostau (the Memphite necropolis).

(3) Giving praise to the ka of Anubis, lord
(4) of embalming, the foremost of the god's tent (embalming tent), lord of the land
(5) to go in and out of the necropolis, to take
(6) the shape of a benu-
(7) bird, for the ka of

(8) the scribe Ta, justified.

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