Offering Stand of Irukaptah with Bowl

 Offering Stand of Irukaptah with Bowl - Medium: Limestone, granite Place Found

Saqqara, Egypt Dates: ca. 2500-2350 B.C.E. Dynasty: V Dynasty Period: Old Kingdom

تم استخدام هذه الجرة والحامل في مقبرة لتقديم الماء أو الحليب أو البيرة أو النبيذ للمتوفى. تم نصبهم أمام "باب مزيف" (لوحة حجرية منحوتة لتشبه باب) كان يعتقد أن المتوفى يمر من خلاله ليشرب القربان

Offering Jar and Stand

This jar and stand were used in a tomb to offer water, milk, beer, or wine to the deceased. They were set up in front of a “false door” (a stone panel carved to resemble a door), which the deceased was believed to pass through in order to drink the offering.

MEDIUM Granite, limestone

Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt

DATES ca. 2475-2345 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 5

PERIOD Old Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 22 3/16 in. (56.3 cm) (Stand): 15 9/16 x 6 in. (39.6 x 15.2 cm) (Bowl): 5 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (13.3 x 16.1 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.19E

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Limestone offering stand (b) supporting one pink granite (pegmatite) bowl. The stand is inscribed for the "Overseer of the Granary Irukaptah". 37.18E (a) and (b) is a companion piece. Condition: (a) bowl is in good condition. Examination of the base revealed a vertical cut or slot in the bottom 1.4 cm wide and 1 cm deep. (b) base has large area missing on the right hand side. This extends from the rim down towards the middle of the vessel. The rim of the lower edge is slightly chipped in parts