An Egyptian Granite Fragmentary Base with Inscription, Late Period, 29th-30th Dynasty, ca. 380 - 332 BCE Gods & Goddesses The lower edge is adorned

The lower edge is adorned with an intricate floral motif composed of applied gold wire and granules

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A well-balanced and highly attractive example of early Egyptian lapidary craft

his wife exhibits an equally serene expression

The accompanying olive branches further reinforce this association

An Egyptian Granite Fragmentary Base with Inscription, Late Period, 29th-30th Dynasty, ca. 380 - 332 BCE Gods & Goddesses The lower edge is adornedFragmentary granite base from a votive statue, preserving finely incised hieroglyphic inscriptions on multiple faces. The surviving text forms part of a traditional tp di nsw ("an offering which the king gives") formula invoking Osiris, "the great god, lord of heaven," and requests funerary offerings of bread, beer, oxen, and fowl for the ka of the deceased. The inscription further names the ram god Banebdjedet of Mendes and preserves the priestly