Offering Table of Hetjer
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Hetjer’s offering table has two depressions to hold liquid and a representation of Hetjer sitting before hieroglyphs that specify his desire for “a thousand of bread . . . of beer . . . of cattle and fowl.” Neferka’s offering table has one depression and representations of what may be a round loaf of bread and a copper pitcher in a basin seen from above. Such offerings were placed on the floors of tomb chapels to hold real food and liquids or, alternatively, to provide them magically through carved images and prayers.
Caption
Offering Table of Hetjer, ca. 2350–2170 B.C.E.. Limestone, 2 9/16 × 7 9/16 × 8 in. (6.5 × 19.2 × 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1491E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1491E_erg2.jpg)
Title
Offering Table of Hetjer
Date
ca. 2350–2170 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 6 (probably)
Period
Old Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
2 9/16 × 7 9/16 × 8 in. (6.5 × 19.2 × 20.3 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.1491E
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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