Offering table
- Accession Number
- EC709
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Religious or cult object, Offering table (ḥtp)
- Period
- Graeco-Roman Period
- Dynasty
- Ptolemaic Period
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Sandstone)
- Measurements
- Height: 73mm | Width: 450mm | Depth: 454mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
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Licensing details
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- Description
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Stone hetep shaped offering tray. Depicts 2 Hes vases each side of shrine with round loaves of bread on it. Cf Kamal Catalogue Général, 1906, pl XLVII, No. 23185. Rustafjaell Collections II Sotheby 1907 9-10th December pl VII, 74. Page 7 lot 74 : one of two items: 'A portable Alter, the top carved with a table of offerings between two large libatory vases'
- Other Identity
- 1346 (circular serrated label)
- Previous Owners
- Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 05 Oct 2021