EGYPTIAN STONE STELE WITH OFFERING SCENE AND HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS

EGYPTIAN STONE STELE WITH OFFERING SCENE AND HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS
Ptolemaic Period / Early Roman Period, Ca. 300 BC - AD 100An Egyptian offering stele. Underneath an arching winged sun disk, a double scene shows the pharaoh on the right and Sekhmet and Osiris on the left, the two deities representing the rising and setting sun and thus the complete solar cycle. The rest of the stela is taken up by lines of text in which the deities receive the offers. The figures on the stela are narrow across the shoulders and waist, giving the impression of slender, elongated bodies. These attenuated proportions are frequently found on Twenty-sixth Dynasty funerary stelae from Thebes and elsewhere and can recur into the Ptolemaic period. The king wears the Psjent crown, symbolising the reunited Lower and Higher Egypt. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 68.17.Size: 250mm x 260mm; Weight: 7.4kgProvenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the German art market. The piece is accompanied by the German Export license. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.