Offering table

This table was part of Meret's mortuary chapel. The hieroglyphs around the table are an offering formula to the gods. The table also contains a drainage channel for any liquid offering that was poured onto it.

Offering table belonging to a person named Meret
Limestone
New Kingdom (about 1550 BCE - 1069 BCE)
Provenance unknown
National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden
© National Museum of Antiquities, the Netherlands

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