Description : AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 2134-2040 B.C. Preserving two registers carved in sunk relief, the upper register with a hieroglyphic inscription and an invocation to the god Anubis, the first line, reading: "An offering which the King gives to Anubis on his mound, lord of WT (?), lord of the holy land, for funerary offering of bread and beer for him;" the second line, reading: "In the Wag-Feast, the Thoth Feast, the opening of the year feast, the new year’s day feast, the Sokar feast, the monthly feast and the half monthly feast;" the lower register depicting a procession of seven figures, five identified as lector priests, the second on the left labeled a scribe, carrying a goose as an offering, followed by a man wearing a pleated-kilt and holding a staff, entitled "Inspector of Prophet Yi (?)," his son Sautet before him, depicted on a diminutive scale, followed by another man holding a staff, labeled the "the lector, Nefer-reupit," and a woman entitled "the Royal Ornament, Sautet" 24 x 13 in. (60.8 x 32.7 cm.)
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About the lot N° 48 Title : AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF Size : 60.8 x 32.7 cm. Provenance : Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1971, lot 37.
Private Collection, Scotland.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 12 December 1990, lot 199.
with Charles Ede, London, 1990s. Literature : G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 39. Christie's, auctioneer, New York, USIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Antiquities Sale date : 11 Dec 2014It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale