Offering Table of King Amenemhat II

Offering Table of King Amenemhat II
Offering Table of King Amenemhat II
 

GEM Number

1442

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

Middle Kingdom

Dynasty

12

Description

This granite offering table has two rectangular basins hollowed out on either side of the sema tawy, (symbol of unified Egypt) and hetep (symbol of offering). An offering formula encircles the table, asking the deities Re, Geb, Osiris and Anubis to grant offering to King Amenemhat II.

Region
Lower Egypt
Area
Sharqiya
Granite

Height

33 cm

Width

60 cm

Length

82.5 cm