An Egyptian Granite Fragmentary Base with Inscription, Late Period, 29th-30th Dynasty, ca. 380 - 332 BCE Gods & Goddesses The complexity of the iconography

The complexity of the iconography and the quality of the engraving suggest that this seal belonged to an individual of considerable rank within the Neo-Assyrian state

2010 DACOU Gallery

The lower edge is adorned with an intricate floral motif composed of applied gold wire and granules

Condition: The tool is intact and in very good condition overall

He began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1997

An Egyptian Granite Fragmentary Base with Inscription, Late Period, 29th-30th Dynasty, ca. 380 - 332 BCE Gods & Goddesses The complexity of the iconographyFragmentary granite base from a votive statue, preserving finely incised hieroglyphic inscriptions on multiple faces. The surviving text forms part of a traditional tp di nsw ("an offering which the king gives") formula invoking Osiris, "the great god, lord of heaven," and requests funerary offerings of bread, beer, oxen, and fowl for the ka of the deceased. The inscription further names the ram god Banebdjedet of Mendes and preserves the priestly