18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1410–1372 BC, Presumably from Abydos
The stele of the officer and chariot warrior Meri-ptah shows him and his father bringing offerings to the gods Osiris and Wepwawet. This suggests that the stele was once erected at Abydos, the site sacred to Osiris, rather than in Meri-ptah’s tomb. In the lower scene Meri-ptah and his wife receive offerings from his brother.
Stele
Ägyptisch
New Kingdom
18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1410–1372 BC
Painted limestone
H 69 cm, B 54,4 cm, T 12 cm, G 37 kg
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 89
1821, purchased by Ernst August Burghart in Egypt
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