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Painted wooden panel of Tabakenkhonsu

Third Intermediate Period (Kushite)
ca. 680–670 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 125
As part of the burial equipment, funerary stelae made a prayer for offerings for the maintenance of the deceased. In addition to forms of Osiris, Re-Harakhty and Atum—as the rising and setting sun and thus connected with continued life—are particularly favored focal gods. In contrast to stelae of the Third Intermediate Period, usually a more subdued coloring and a more standardized style are adopted in this period.

This stela depicts the woman Tabakenkhonsu led by the god Thoth being presented to Isis and Osiris beneath the body of the goddess Nut arching over the top of the stela. An offering of Geb is recorded. Tabakenkhonsu's father's name is damaged, but her mother was Tami.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Painted wooden panel of Tabakenkhonsu
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period (Kushite)
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 25
  • Date: ca. 680–670 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Hathor Shrine, pit in hypostyle hall, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1894–95
  • Medium: Wood, gesso, paint
  • Dimensions: H. 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in); W. 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1896
  • Object Number: 96.4.4
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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