STUNNING EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE STELE DEPICTING ISIS, OSIRIS, A DECEASED, AND HIEROGLYPHIC DEDICATORY

Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BC. A limestone stele divided into three registers. The lunette is carved with a winged sun disc flanked by uraei. Beneath is a relief depicting an offering scene, followed by five horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text containing a funerary offering formula for the deceased. For similar see: Stela of Nesamun, Kunsthistorisches museum, Vienna, Inventory number 119; Christie's, Live Auction 12256, Antiquities, Lot 121. Size: 580mm x 300mm; Weight: 37kg Provenance: Private US collection; formerly in a French collection, 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.