Feb 28, 2024
Stela of Djedbastet - Met Museum Collection
Inventory Number: 22.3.34 Third Intermediate, Dynasty 22, ca. 825–712 B.C. Location Information: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, west of Priests' Cemetery, Tomb MMA 801, MMA excavations, 1921–22
Description:
Here Djedbastet, son of Penby, raises his arms in adoration before the falcon-headed Re-Harakhty-Atum. The inscription identifies him as a wab priest of Amun and a Scribe of the [House of the] Divine Votaress of Amun. Djedbastet's relationship to the Siah family is not clear. Note the offering stand between the two figures, which is almost identical to that seen on another of the stelae from this chapel (see 22.3.32).