Large cedar Plank, probably from a burial case, carved with a hieroglyphic inscription in single horizantal column.

[Egyptian Hierogliphics]

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(B.C. 664-30) ca. 70 x 10 x 1.5; 11.5 x 60 x 1.8; 65 x 11 x 1.5 cm.
Wooden fragment with funerary inscriptions, thought to be part of a coffin produced during the Late Dynastic - Ptolemaic period (the final stage of ancient Egyptian history); it is divided into three parts, which when joined together are approximately 200 cm long (the average male height at the time was around 165 cm). From the signs indicating Osiris, the god of the underworld, it can be concluded that the textual form is characteristic of the late dynastic period.
The inscribed document is a wish for the repose of the dead and is a standardised memorial service, in which the following words related to funerary matters can be identified.
'offerings given by the king', 'Osiris' (a male deity who governs the underworld), 'First of the West' (another name for Osiris), 'Great God' (a term praising Osiris' greatness), 'Lord of Abydos' (another name for Osiris), 'Good Burial', 'Systrum Player' (one of the common titles given to the dead), 'Heri' 'Shehu' (a deity who was worshipped mainly in Herakleopolis. The fact that the name is mentioned indicates that the deceased worshipped the god Helishev), 'The Righteous Voice' (a title given to the dead).

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