Painted wooden panel of Tabakenkhonsu
Third Intermediate Period
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.
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