Property from a Private collects ion
A Fragmentary Egyptian Limestone Pedestal, 19th Dynasty, 1292-1190 B.C.
Lot Closed
July 6, 12:19 PM GTNN
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private collects ion
A Fragmentary Egyptian Limestone Pedestal
19th Dynasty, 1292-1190 B.C.
of graceful tapering form with pylon-shaped finial, the reverse missing, the two sides fragmentary, the complete column of inscription remaining asking for offerings including bread, water, libations, and incense from Osiris, Foremost of the West, for the Chief Royal Scribe Iwny.
Height 69.3 cm.
Sotheby's, London, December 8th, 1986, no. 158, illus.
The man named in the text can perhaps be identified with a man with a similar name mentioned in a papyrus text from the period of Sety I.
