WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · funerary_equipment
Offering Table
Description
<p>The offering table was an essential element of the funerary cult and was usually placed near the deceased's tomb in an offering niche or chapel. If the cult ceased to function, the carved images of food and drink on the table served as magical substitutes, thus insuring the survival of the deceased's ka, or spirit.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.91' rel='external'>Offering Table</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] Texts inscribed around the outer edge addressed to Osiris and Hathor are prayers for offerings for the deceased, the ""mistress of the house, Tarenenu."" Also mentioned in the text are her parents and a favorite sister.
Connections
Materials
White Limestone
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.91 tier-2
- Walters-id 621 tier-2
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