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| Keywords: Egyptian - Funerary Stele of Tembu - Walters 2292.jpg This round topped funerary stela of Tembu is carved in very low relief and brightly painted in red yellow blue and black The decoration comprises of two registers of offering scenes and a register of inscription on the bottom The top depicts two Wadjit eyes flanking a shen-ring and water ripples with a bowl Below this Tembu is seated with his wife on a typical 18th-Dynasty double chair Under the chair and attached to it by a leash is a pet monkey holding a mirror and a cosmetic vase which is a typical feature of New Kingdom stelae The table in front of the couple holds loosely arranged offerings of bread beef vegetables and lotus buds and two jugs on stands below the table One of the daughters of the couple stands in front of the large wine jar decorated with a nymphaea caerulea and presents a bowl of wine to her parents The middle register depicts the rest of the family including Tembu's sons Teti Tetimose Teiy and Ahmose holding various flowers and two daughters Senetnefer and Henut holding flowers Three of the sons wear short military shendyt in accordance with their titles while the fourth son wears a long shendyt and a shirt Between the daughters and the sons is placed an extremely large jar decorated with a lotus flower and topped with a clay stopper ca 1500 1470 BC New Kingdom limestone with polychrome paint cm 68 45 12 accession number 22 92 12046 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation His daughter Mahu; Superintendent Tembu; His wife mistress of the house Taneane t ; His daughter Senetnefer; His daughter Henut; His son captain Teti; His son captain of the ship Tetimes; His son captain Teiy; His son herdsman Ahmose; An offering which the king gives to Osiris lord of Busiris Great god lord of Abydos that he may give invocation offerings of oxen fowl and every good and pure thing on which the god lives to the Ka of the superintendent Tembu his wife mistress of the house Tanene t repeating life mistress of honor Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Western Thebes Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Wine in ancient Egypt Shen ring steles Monkeys in Ancient Egypt Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ancient Egyptian art from Theban Necropolis | ||||
