Relief
| Object Number: | E226 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Bubastis |
| Locus: | Bastet T Festival Hall |
| Period: | Third Intermediate Period Twenty-Second Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 945 - 712 BCE |
| Early Date: | -946 |
| Late Date: | -711 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Granite |
| Technique: | Incised |
| Iconography: | Festival |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1890 |
| Other Number: | ES 226 - Other Number |
Description
This relief depicts a procession of priests (upper three rows) and three short-statured individuals with physical characteristics associated with some forms of dwarfism (lowest complete row) during the heb-sed (jubilee festival) of King Osorkon II. This festival was a celebration of the renewal of kingship, usually held after 30 years of reign. Osorkon II celebrated a heb-sed in the 22nd year of his reign. This relief comes from the jubilee portal built by Osorkon II at the Temple of Bastet in Bubastis. Additional architectural fragments from this temple are E224 and E225.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Lower Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 107 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Naville, Henri E. 1892. The Festival Hall of Osorkon II in the Great Temple of Bubastis.. Egypt Exploration Fund Publications 10. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 30 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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