An Egyptian Granite Fragmentary Base with Inscription, Late Period, 29th-30th Dynasty, ca. 380 - 332 BCE Gods & Goddesses squat bottle with trailings around

squat bottle with trailings around the circular body

Litchfield

The lower edge is adorned with an intricate floral motif composed of applied gold wire and granules

Condition: The tool is intact and in very good condition overall

He began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1997

An Egyptian Granite Fragmentary Base with Inscription, Late Period, 29th-30th Dynasty, ca. 380 - 332 BCE Gods & Goddesses squat bottle with trailings aroundFragmentary granite base from a votive statue, preserving finely incised hieroglyphic inscriptions on multiple faces. The surviving text forms part of a traditional tp di nsw ("an offering which the king gives") formula invoking Osiris, "the great god, lord of heaven," and requests funerary offerings of bread, beer, oxen, and fowl for the ka of the deceased. The inscription further names the ram god Banebdjedet of Mendes and preserves the priestly