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Old Kingdom
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This table, carved in the form of the hieroglyph for "offering," hetep, might have been placed in front of the false door in a tomb chapel (see 08.201.1e) and used for the presentation of offerings to the deceased. It is inscribed for a royal official named Ankhwadjes, also the owner of a slab for the "seven sacred oils" (11.150.1a). Broken when discovered, it has been restored in plaster.
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Title: Offering table of Ankhwadjes
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 5–6
Date: ca. 2649–2100 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number: 11.150.1b
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