<em>Fragment of an Offering List</em>, 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, CUR.14.666_erg2.jpg)

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This inscription comes from a funerary temple dedicated to the king Senwosret II. The text describes offerings that the deceased king hoped to receive. The list was quite standardized, notice how some of the columns start the same way.

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On this fragment wine, two types of beer, and festival perfumes are listed.

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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

Place Excavated: Lahun, Egypt

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

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.

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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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