a stirrup spout attached at the back
The accompanying olive branches further reinforce this association
The complexity of the iconography and the quality of the engraving suggest that this seal belonged to an individual of considerable rank within the Neo-Assyrian state
A well-balanced and highly attractive example of early Egyptian lapidary craft
squat bottle with trailings around the circular body
An Egyptian Granite Fragmentary Base with Inscription, Late Period, 29th-30th Dynasty, ca. 380 - 332 BCE Gods & Goddesses a stirrup spout attached atFragmentary granite base from a votive statue, preserving finely incised hieroglyphic inscriptions on multiple faces. The surviving text forms part of a traditional tp di nsw ("an offering which the king gives") formula invoking Osiris, "the great god, lord of heaven," and requests funerary offerings of bread, beer, oxen, and fowl for the ka of the deceased. The inscription further names the ram god Banebdjedet of Mendes and preserves the priestly