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Offering table of Padiamenopet

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The offering table is made up of a simple thick slab of stone corresponding in shape to the hieroglyph for offering 'hetep'. This sign is composed of a mat on which a loaf is shown in profile. This part which projects above the surface is incised with a channel which allows the liquids used for libations to flow away. On the table itself are a 'hetep' sign as well as several offerings (a vessel, cake, loaf, geese). The object belonged to the Theban priest Padiamenopet, who built the largest tomb in the Assasif.

Present location

KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS

Inventory number

E.5811

Dating

25TH DYNASTY AND CONTEMPORARIES (not before); 26TH DYNASTY (not after)

Archaeological Site

EL-ASSASIF

Category

OFFERING TABLE (Htp)

Material

GRANITE

Technique

HEWN; RELIEF; ENGRAVED

Height

17 cm

Width

81 cm

Depth

65 cm

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