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Offering table of King Amanitaraquide
Nubian
Meroitic Period, reign of Amanitaraqide
A.D. 40–50
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, N 16 (King Amanitaraquide)
Medium/Technique
Sandstone
Dimensions
Overall: 41.5 x 51 x 11 cm (16 5/16 x 20 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.11789
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
DescriptionSquare offering table with hotep-shaped spout. Central figures of Anubis on left and and isis or Nepthys on the right each pouring libations. Meroitic text inscsribed around perimeter of table.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, N 16 (King Amanitaraquide). 1921: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.