Object Number: H515

Collection: Egyptology

Object Name: stela

Description: A rectangular slab of stone with a curved top. Upper register: standing Isis behind seated Osiris, before an offering table and a man and woman. Columns of hieroglyphs above. Lower register: three women and two men before an offering table with columns of hieroglyphs above. At the bottom there is one row of hieroglyphs. Translation: Osiris Lord of Life; Isis the Mother Goddess; the ka of the Scribe of the Granary, Overseer of the estate, more beloved than anything; the Lady of the House Tintiunet, justified; the Chief Goldsmith of the Workshop of Seats, Pay, justified; the Lady of the House Heti; the Overseer of the Priests Nakhtherhkepeshef; the Lady of the House Suro; her daughter Hathor, justified. All praise to the ka of Osiris-Khentyamentiu, may you give bread, water and breath everyday. (Dodson, Aidan)

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery