Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Relief of Offering Table

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Accession: 37.1355E
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 25
Date: ca. 2008–1630 B.C.E. and ca.760–656 B.C.E.
Date range: 2008 BCE – 1630 BCE
Materials: ['Limestone']
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Relief of Offering Table (37.1355E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/34492

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Object Label: This relief comes originally from a Middle Kingdom tomb. It depicts a typical offering table of reeds, the hieroglyphic writing of the word for “field,” the source of food offerings. It is also stocked with an ox head, fish, bread, onions, and other food for use in the afterlife. The inscription, carved nearly a thousand years after the relief, is evidence of reuse of the tomb. The new inscription claims the tomb for the priest inspector of fields Soker-senebef born of the lector priest Imes. Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Relief of Offering Table, ca. 2008–1630 B.C.E. and ca.760–656 B.C.E.. Limestone, 20 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 1 3/4 in., 32.5 lb. (52.7 x 41.9 x 4.4 cm, 14.74kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1355E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image depicts an ancient Egyptian relief with carved hieroglyphs and symbolic imagery.

This fragmentary limestone relief shows a combination of hieroglyphic inscriptions and carved images, including a representation of animal symbolism and vertical hieroglyph arrangements. The style reflects traditional Egyptian art with precise lines and a focus on symbolic meaning. The composition is dominated by a vertical column of hieroglyphs alongside a depiction of a cow’s head beneath a representation of rays or a stylized plant, possibly symbolizing renewal or offerings.

decorative New Kingdom fragmentary

Materials limestone

Signs cow's head beneath sun rays or plant water ripple

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Found at Saqqara

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.1355E tier-2
BKM-Object 4144 tier-2

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