Offering Table of Seti I
Unknown Artist
ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
Medium
Granodiorite
Dimensions
L. 106 (41 3/4 in.); W. 53 (20 7/8 in.); Th. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Classification
Offering table, Seti I
Period
New Kingdom, Ramesside
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.2.22
Art Historical Context
Step into the grandeur of ancient Egypt with the *Offering Table of Seti*, a masterful granodiorite slab from the New Kingdom's Ramesside period (. 1294–1279 B.C.). Crafted during Dynasty 19, this rectangular table—measuring 106 cm long, 53 cm wide, and 15 cm thick—honors Pharaoh Seti I, a-king renowned for his temple-building and military prowess. Such tables were essential ritual objects placed in temples or tombs, designed to receive offerings of food, drink, and incense for the gods or the royal ka (spirit). Carved from durable granodiorite, a hard igneous stone favored by Egyptian sculpt...