Stela of Senu Adoring Osiris
This stela depicts the royal scribe Senu adoring the god Osiris, ruler of the underworld. Below, Senu's son, the lector priest Pawahy, is depicted twic: once standing and pouring a libation; once kneeling and reciting the funerary prayer inscribed in front of him. A second stela belonging to Senu is displayed in the same gallery (12.182.39).
Artwork Details
- Title: Stela of Senu Adoring Osiris
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
- Date: ca. 1390–1352 BCE
- Geography: From Egypt; Said to be from Middle Egypt, Tuna el-Gebel
- Medium: Limestone
- Dimensions: H. 62.9 × W. 33 × D. 5.7 cm, 22.2 kg (24 3/4 × 13 × 2 1/4 in., 48.9 lb.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
- Object Number: 18.2.5
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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