Fragment of an Offering List, ca. 1844-1835 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 18 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (46 x 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 14.666. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.666_erg2.jpg)
Fragment of an Offering List, ca. 1844-1835 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 18 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (46 x 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 14.666. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 14.666_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Fragment of an Offering List
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
Four columns of text in this fragment list offerings for Senwosret II to enjoy throughout eternity, including wine, beer, a copper bowl, and a container of festival perfume (the sign for “container” appears in the lower left). The hieroglyphs show considerable detail, as in the meticulous rendering of the man’s curly hair at the bottom of the second column from the left.
MEDIUM
Limestone, pigment
DATES
ca. 1844-1835 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 12
PERIOD
Middle Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
18 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (46 x 40 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
14.666
CREDIT LINE
Museum Collection Fund
PROVENANCE
Funerary Temple, Pyramid of Sesostris II, Lahun, Egypt; 1913-14, excavated by the British School of Archaeology; 1914, purchased from the British School of Archaeology by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Fragmentary limestone relief with offering list in four columns of hieroglyphs above which is a register decorated with large five-pointed stars.
Condition: General condition good. Left edge chipped. Remains of blue and green paint on some of the hieroglyphs.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
CAPTION
Fragment of an Offering List, ca. 1844-1835 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 18 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (46 x 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 14.666. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.14.666_erg2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.14.666_erg2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 11/26/2007
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