Limestone. At the top of the stele, a ring is placed between the two sacred eyes “udjat ”. Two figures are depicted below. They carry lotuses to the altar of Osiris, who is seated on a throne. At the bottom are six kneeling figures. The inscriptions give the names of those depicted. The stele was painted in antiquity. Traces of brown, dark green and blue paint have been preserved. Thebes, Egypt. Dynasty XVIII.
“The model was digitized in the course of the project “Ukrainian Heritage Digitization and Dissemination Initiative,” supported by the US Embassy in Ukraine (Kyiv) and the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation. It is a joint ownership of the Odesa Archaeological Museum of the NAS of Ukraine, non-profit organization “CyArk” and NGO “Scientific Research Lab “Archaic”.
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