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Offering table in form of stele
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
305–30 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Dendara
Medium/Technique
Sandstone
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 26.0 x 26.0 x 5.1 cm (10.25 x 10.25 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number98.1057
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On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – December 31, 2024
On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – December 31, 2024
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
DescriptionSandstone offering table in the form of a round-topped stele, decorated with a pair of oval bread loaves, two bouquets of lotus flowers and blossoms, and two offering jars from which water is shown pouring into the deep, square basin at the center of the offering table.
ProvenanceFrom Dendara. 1898: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; presented to the MFA at the general meeting of the EEF.
(Accession Date: November 1, 1898)
(Accession Date: November 1, 1898)