The rectangular stela is round-topped. The upper part has a representation, the lower part is inscribed with a demotic text. The scene is crowned by a winged sun disk, from which two uraei are hanging down. On the right hand side is the bald-headed and barefooted owner of the stela. He is clad in a long, wide and pleated kilt. With his right hand, he brings a libation from a hes-vase in a vessel on a stand in front of him; in his left hand he extends a bronzeincense brazier. On the left hand side, Osiris is seated on a throne. His crook is visible, but the greater part of his body and head are missing. In the centre of the scene are two lines of text. The main text and the scene are not separated by a (base) line. The workmanship is rather crude and lacks detail.
(1) Hor, son of Pakhas, (2) borne by Ithoros. (3) Words to be spoken by the Osiris, the scribe of [...] (4) beneficient to his father and to his mother, praised of his town: (5) [my] heart is good to my brothers, my character is good (6) with everyone. Hor, son of Pakhas, borne by Ithoros, (7) he says to the gods of Pa-Re-em-...[...]: May you establish my (8) house for my children, [...] may you establish my son (9) in my office of the house of [my] superior. Oh Sokar-Osiris, (10) may you give offerings; give [me(?)] invocation offerings and [li]bation offerings; may you give me incense (11) and fire; may you give me offerings of libations(?), beer, wine (?) (12) and milk daily, may you give [me(?) an invocation offering(?)] consisting of 10,000 libations. I am (13) beneficient for ever [and ever(?) to(?) Sokar-] Osiris. Every man (14) who will come to the necropolis [...], may he recite (15) (the text of) this stela.
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diversen (J.F. Borghouts), Gifts to mark the reopening, 1976, 1976, 42-43/pl. 20 (nr. 11)
W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 26, 28/fig. 9 (nr. 7)
W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 66-68
A. Farid, 7 november 1986, ongepubliceerde brief aan W.M. van Haarlem, APM
A. Farid, Fünf demotische Stelen aus Berlin, Chicago, Durham, London und Oxford mit zwei Türinschriften aus Paris und einer Bibliographie der demotischen Inschriften, 1995, 245/fig. 15 (onder foutief APM inventarisnr. 9322)
K. Donker van Heel, ongepubliceerd, 29 maart 1997, brief aan C.H. van Zoest - APM
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