Ancient Egyptian stele Hymn of Imenmes head of herdsman of Amun, 1550-1295 BC, 18th Dynasty, limestone. The Louvre Museum inv C 286. In the hanger; 1s
Ancient Egyptian stele Hymn of Imenmes head of herdsman of Amun, 1550-1295 BC, 18th Dynasty, limestone. The Louvre Museum inv C 286. In the hanger; 1st register; on the left; funeral meal; man standing, loincloth, shaved skull, right arm advanced in front; table of offerings; couple (seated); child standing, naked, finger in the mouth; on the right; incense; lustration; man standing, loincloth, panther skin, presenting, censer, vase; female (seated). The stele shows Imenmes and his family below. Imenmes is paying homage to Osiris. This is one of the oldest Egyptian texts to make precise allusions to the legend of Osiris. Text Reads: "... Hello to you, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of the gods, whose names are multiple, the sublime manifestations, the mysterious forms in the The plants grow to his desire, the soil gives birth to food for the one whose function is sustainable, the well-established Isis the beneficent, the one who protects her brother, who seeks him without tiring, who travels this country in mourning; she didn't stop until she found him. It is she who shades him with his feathers, air with his wings, who makes the rites of jubilation and buries his brother. It is she who raises what is slumped in the god with a failing heart, who extracts his seed, who procreates an heir, breastfeeds the child in solitude, without anyone knowing where he "
Size: 4830px × 3536px
Location: Louvre Museum
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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