What you see in front of you here is an Offering Table belonging to King Siaspiqo, who was a great king of the kingdom of Napata, and his tomb is the fourth pyramid in Nuri. In any case, ‘offering tables’ are common in our Kushite era, and sometimes they are used during the life of the dead and sometimes after their death. As for this table in front of you, it was set after the death of King Siaspiqo.
Do you see these hieroglyphic inscriptions on the table? They are magical formulas, and they contain all the ingredients of a banquet. The hieroglyphic formulas are supposed to make the table real after the tomb is closed, so King Siaspiqo can then have a table containing white onions, round bread, water, and wine, as well as plucked feathers and degreased chicken.
The symbols you see inscribed on the Offering Table now, are purely hieroglyphic symbols, except for the name of King Siaspiqo, which is an ancient Meroitic name, and we find it below here, written in Meroitic hieroglyphic, inscribed in an inaccurate phonetics. The Offering Tables were first placed inside, and later at the entrance to the chapel, which was always extended to the eastern part of the pyramid.
Now let’s move to the next piece.
What you see in front of you here is an Offering Table belonging to King Siaspiqo, who was a great king of the kingdom of Napata, and his tomb is the fourth pyramid in Nuri. In any case, ‘offering tables’ are common in our Kushite era, and sometimes they are used during the life of the dead and sometimes after their death. As for this table in front of you, it was set after the death of King Siaspiqo.
Do you see these hieroglyphic inscriptions on the table? They are magical formulas, and they contain all the ingredients of a banquet. The hieroglyphic formulas are supposed to make the table real after the tomb is closed, so King Siaspiqo can then have a table containing white onions, round bread, water, and wine, as well as plucked feathers and degreased chicken.
The symbols you see inscribed on the Offering Table now, are purely hieroglyphic symbols, except for the name of King Siaspiqo, which is an ancient Meroitic name, and we find it below here, written in Meroitic hieroglyphic, inscribed in an inaccurate phonetics. The Offering Tables were first placed inside, and later at the entrance to the chapel, which was always extended to the eastern part of the pyramid.
Now let’s move to the next piece.
