Fragments of a Funerary Stela Depicting a Funerary (sem) Priest

The wooden stela, dated to the first half of the Third Intermediate Period, is heavily fragmentary; only its upper left and lower right corners have been preserved. Based on their stylistic features, however, they formerly belonged to the same funerary stela. The lunette and the two-lined hieroglyphic inscription below received white and yellow backgrounds, respectively.
The lunette is framed above by the round-arched symbol of the sky under which an ithyphallic baboon is greeting the solar barque with his arms in the position of adoration. A similar figure might have been depicted on the other side of the barque. The offering scene below the lunette is flanked by hieroglyphs symbolising the eastern and western cardinal points. The upper part of a djed-pillar, which is surmounted by an atef-crown, ram horns, and a sun disc can be observed beside the hieroglyphic sign representing the West. The only trace left from the next figure is the sun disc with uraei on the top of the head from which it can be presumed that the deity receiving the offering would have been the seated or standing figure of Re-Harakhty. In front of him, the adoring figure of the deceased is depicted wearing festive garments with leopard skin. The detail of a richly provided offering table can be seen between the two figures. The hieroglyphic inscription below the scene is difficult to read, and unfortunately, it does not provide information about the owner of the stela.