CG 1305: AN OFFERING TABLE IN THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM WITH A SHORT NOTATION ON FESTIVALS

Abstract

This paper presents a round limestone offering table in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo(CG1305), which was recovered by A. Mariette during his excavations for the EAS, andis displayed in EMC-R 37. The offering table belongs to KA(.i)-Hb, dating to the OldKingdom (Fourth Dynasty) and was discovered in Saqqara, mastaba C 271 (Fig. No.1).The offering table bears a circular line of hieroglyphic writing in sunk relief around itsupper edge; the text runs anticlockwise and contains a di nsw formula, the name of thedeceased and his title.