Offering slab for seven oils of Ankhwadjes

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ca. 2649–2100 B.C. · Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) · Egyptian Art

The slab is provided with seven circular depressions for the "seven sacred oils" that were used in mortuary rituals. The names of the oils are written above the hollows. The signs are delicately incised, but then less carefully covered with green pigment, much of which remains. Above the labes is a horizontal line of inscription asking that offerings be made for the owner of the slab, a nobleman named Ankhwadjes.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 2649–2100 B.C.

Medium

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1911