AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE STELE FOR PA-BEK
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE STELE FOR PA-BEK PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C. Round topped, carved in sunk relief with the deceased lying atop a lion bier, flanked by Isis and Nephthys kneeling, their hands raised to their heads in mourning, each identified by a hieroglyphic symbol above her head, with three lines of Demotic text below, reading: "Before the Osiris, Wennefer, the great god, Pa-bek, son of Pa-khy Panebenweresh, the perfumer of the temple of Horus" 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE STELE FOR PA-BEK
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE STELE FOR PA-BEK PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C. Round topped, carved in sunk relief with the deceased lying atop a lion bier, flanked by Isis and Nephthys kneeling, their hands raised to their heads in mourning, each identified by a hieroglyphic symbol above her head, with three lines of Demotic text below, reading: "Before the Osiris, Wennefer, the great god, Pa-bek, son of Pa-khy Panebenweresh, the perfumer of the temple of Horus" 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
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