Architecture

In this limestone fragment of a funerary stela there are five lines of inscription, mostly intact, except for surface damage on the left portion of the text. Below the inscription are depicted the heads of a male and a female figure, facing left, as well as a goose, part of an offering ensemble.

The inscription, containing numerous orthographic anomalies, reads: “(1) [An offering] that the king gives and [an offering] that Anubis [gives], he who is upon his mountain, he who is in the place of embalming… (2) lord of the sacred land of Abydos, invocation offerings of bread and beer… (3) [lord of] heaven, for the revered one, the Sealer Bebi… (4) lord of the seat in the house of the ruler, who reports everything… (5) … the great ones entered before me barefoot…