Statue of the deceased Meri and his wife Tui

Statue of the deceased Meri and his wife Tui

A statue of a man sitting on a seat with a high back, with a cloak around his left shoulder. His wife sits beside him, wearing a long, clinging dress and hugging her husband with her right arm.

Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number 1803

Dating 18TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site THEBES: WEST BANK ?

Category STATUE

Material SANDSTONE

Technique SCULPTURED

Height 79 cm

Width 61 cm

Depth 45 cm

Translation

Let all that comes forth on the table of offerings of Mut, lady of the sky, be for the ka of the lady of the house Tui.

An offering that the king gives to Osiris, lord of eternity and Anubis who resides in the shrine, that they may grant that the mummy (sah) be called to his food for... the things on the offering table, that he may go in and out of the necropolis, that his soul be not held back from the place that he desires, that shenes bread loaves be given to you, that you may give offerings...of Horus, (that all this be granted) to the ka of the measurer of Amun Meri, justified, the son of the measurer of Amun Khat, justified.

A royal offering to Amun, lord of the gods, and to the divine Ennead of Karnak, that they may grant funerary offerings (consisting of) bread loaves and drink, oxen, geese, alabaster vases, clothing, incense, unguent, every vegetable and fruit, libations, wine and milk every day, that they may grant abundance with both hands, that Thoth may purify him, that offerings be given to him on all the feasts of the sky and the earth, (that all this be granted) to the ka of the measurer of Amun Meri, justified, son of the measurer of Amun, justified in front of the great god.

Bibliography•E. Schiaparelli, Museo Archeologico di Firenze-Antichità Egizie, Roma, 1887, pgg. 212-215, n. 1513..

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