Bebi, round arch, This limestone stele with a round bow is from a staff member named Bebi. Two eyes and a ring are shown at the top. The inscription contains a sacrificial formula for the gods Wepwawet and Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. This last god is composed of the gods Ptah, Sokar and Osiris and had attributes of all three gods. Under the inscription you can see Bebi, the owner of the grave, sitting in front of an offering table. At this offering table is his son, and behind this his daughter and his wife are both seated at an offering table. Under this scene, the father of the grave owner sits on a
Bebi, round arch, This limestone stele with a round bow is from a staff member named Bebi. Two eyes and a ring are shown at the top. The inscription contains a sacrificial formula for the gods Wepwawet and Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. This last god is composed of the gods Ptah, Sokar and Osiris and had attributes of all three gods. Under the inscription you can see Bebi, the owner of the grave, sitting in front of an offering table. At this offering table is his son, and behind this his daughter and his wife are both seated at an offering table. Under this scene, the father of the grave owner sits on a chair in front of an offering table, with his wife in front of him. Behind her is a brother of Bebi for a sacrificial table. Thus the Bebi family also benefited for the eternity of the sacrifices and favor of the gods., Stela, limestone, 77 x 37 cm, Middle Kingdom, EgyptDescription of the Egyptian collection, II, 16,
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