Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Offering Table of Neferka
Description
Object Label: Hetjer’s offering table has two depressions to hold liquid and a representation of Hetjer sitting before hieroglyphs that specify his desire for “a thousand of bread . . . of beer . . . of cattle and fowl.” Neferka’s offering table has one depression and representations of what may be a round loaf of bread and a copper pitcher in a basin seen from above. Such offerings were placed on the floors of tomb chapels to hold real food and liquids or, alternatively, to provide them magically through carved images and prayers. Caption: Offering Table of Neferka, ca. 2500–2170 B.C.E.. Limestone, 2 15/16 × 7 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (7.5 × 19.3 × 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1496E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Connections
Found at
Saqqara
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1496E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4164 tier-2
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