Offering table, Tomb of Sarenput II, Qubbet el-Hawa

Offering table with hieroglyphs of the names of the owner and gulley for libation water, in the first pillared hall with 6 rock-cut columns, in the tomb of Sarenput II, a nomarch or governor during the reigns of pharaohs Senusret II and III, 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1778 BC, at the Tombs of the Nobles, a necropolis for nobility and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt, at Qubbet el-Hawa, or Dome of the Wind, beside the river Nile, near Aswan, Egypt. The site holds around 100 tombs, the oldest being from the 4th dynasty, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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