Caption

Relief from the mortuary temple of Niuserre, Niuserre ruler of Egypt; ca. 2445–2421 BC, restitution provenance, offerings and ritual vessels iconography, architectural elements, religious scenes, funerary architecture. Fragment of a block with a high relief representation of an offering table and objects intended for sacrifice. ca. 2445–2421 BC; Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty Nyuserre's reign, Abusir. Bas-relief; height 26 cm, width 53 cm, depth 10 cm, weight 21 kg., A roughly rectangular stone slab with an irregular, chipped edge displays shallow carved reliefs across its surface; the stone is primarily off-white and light beige with patches of pale gray and small areas of muted reddish-brown and faint greenish discoloration. The carved scenes include rounded and angular shapes suggesting vessels and a curved object resting on a horizontal support, with flanking column-like forms and a standing human-like figure on one side; the surface shows tool marks, weathering, and pitted rough areas, and the background is a neutral gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_122

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.2Mb (4.5Mb) / 20.0in x 10.7in / 6000 x 3216 (300dpi)

Keywords

Relief mortuary temple Niuserre Niuserre ruler Egypt ca 2445–2421 Bc restitution provenance offerings ritual vessels iconography architectural elements religious scenes funerary architecture Fragment block high relief representation offering table objects intended sacrifice Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty Nyuserre's reign Abusir Bas-relief height 26 cm width 53 cm depth 10 cm weight 21 kg roughly rectangular stone slab irregular chipped edge displays shallow carved reliefs across surface stone primarily off-white light beige patches pale gray small areas muted reddish-brown faint greenish discoloration carved scenes include rounded angular shapes suggesting vessels curved object resting horizontal support flanking column- forms standing human- figure side tool marks weathering pitted rough areas background neutral gray.