Inscribed Linen of Satiyet
This text concerns the Khoiak Festival, with the particulars under study.
The festival commemorates the death and rebirth of Osiris by sowing seeds in a molded earthen figure of Osiris, watering the seeds until germination, and then burying this figure. The ceremony took place just as the inundation waters receded, when new crops could be sown. Although the figures might take somewhat different forms, temples throughout the country celebrated the festival.
The festival commemorates the death and rebirth of Osiris by sowing seeds in a molded earthen figure of Osiris, watering the seeds until germination, and then burying this figure. The ceremony took place just as the inundation waters receded, when new crops could be sown. Although the figures might take somewhat different forms, temples throughout the country celebrated the festival.
Artwork Details
- Title: Inscribed Linen of Satiyet
- Period: Ptolemaic Period
- Date: 332–30 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Linen
- Dimensions: L. 102.5 cm (40 3/8 in); W. 46 cm (18 1/8 in)
Framed: H. 55 cm (21 5/8 in.); W. 111 cm (43 11/16 in.); D. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.) - Credit Line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1931
- Object Number: 31.9.8
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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