Silver gelatin on
glass 23.5 x 29.5 cm Epigraphic Survey, Oriental Institute,
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Offering
Scene of Sety I. In another scene from the Temple of Sety I at
Abydos, in the shrine of Isis in her small chapel, the king offers a tray
of food to the goddess. Among the foodstuffs can be seen two plucked and
drawn ducks, several figs, a pomegranate, a bowl of round fruits or
berries, slabs of fresh meat, and round cakes or bread loaves. Below the
king's elbow is the beginning of the hieroglyphic label to the scene, the
verb f3.t, "raising, lifting." The lowest sign in the group, the
determinative of the verb, is a reduced image of the scene itself, a small
figure of the king lifting up a small tray of food. In Egyptian
decoration, scenes and inscriptions are inextricably intertwined, and
often interact with each other.
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