Funerary Stela for Amenhetpu and Bebi
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 17
Date: ca. 1580-1550 B.C.
Medium: Painted limestone
Dimensions:
height: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
width: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
depth: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number: 86.138.138
Inscribed: Three lines of text written right to left:
Line 1:
Htp-di-nsw wsir nb imnt nTr <aA> nb
An offering that the king gives (to) Osiris, Lord of the west, <great> god, Lord
Line 2:
AbDw di.f mw H(n)qt snTr mrHt n imAxy
of Abydos, so that he may give water, beer, incense, and oil to the revered one,
Line 3:
imn-Htpw Hmt.f bbi
Amenhetpu and his wife, Bebi
Additional information in curatorial file [S. Schellinger 2018]
Provenance: by purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986
Label Text
This stela shows the tomb owner, Amenhetpu, and his wife Bebi standing before their funerary offerings, which consist of haunches of meat, loaves of bread, jugs of beer and a sack of vegetables. Amenhetpu was perhaps a dedicated hunter in life as he holds a bow and arrows in one hand and a throw-stick in the other. His wife carries a mirror with a papyrus-column handle in a bag.
(J. Powers, 2013)
(J. Powers, 2013)
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