Object Number: H505

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: stela

Description: A rectangular wooden stele with a rounded top. The front is covered in a thin layer of white plaster, over which decoration has been painted in green, blue, red, yellow and black. The top register contains a winged sun disc above a scarab beetle with sun disc and two jackals with flails facing each other. The third register contains 5 standing gods (Four Sons of Ra and Isis) with Horus seated on a block throne with the donor facing to the left with offerings. Below this there are three lines of hieroglyphs. Translation: 'A royal offering, an offering which Osiris, Chief of the West, the Great God, the Lord of Heaven gives, of his giving every offering, every food offering, every good and pure thing for the ka of the the Osiris, the Lady of the House Irturu, justified, mistress of reverence.'

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery