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Tomb stela for Kety and Senet

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Two young women are standing opposite each other holding lotus flowers to their noses. In the other hand, they are holding a small cloth. Kety (on the right) is represented slimmer and leaner than her sister. Her dress shows a rare lozenge pattern. On the offering table in between the pair lie two calves' heads and one goose head, who are to be understood pars pro toto -as in hieroglyphic writing- as meaning "oxen and fowl". The somewhat rigid two-dimensional relief is of a high artistic quality, full of life, elegance and individual differentiation.

Present location

KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM [09/001] VIENNA

Inventory number

95

Dating

MIDDLE KINGDOM

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

STELA

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

HEWN; CARVED; ENGRAVED

Height

35.5 cm

Width

20.7 cm

Depth

5.5 cm

Translation

An offering which the king gives to Osiris, the Lord of Busiris, who resides in the west, so that he will give a funerary offering of bread and beer, meat and poultry to the venerable Kety, born of Hetep, (and) Senet, born of Hetep.

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