Libation stand used to receive water offerings to the dead or the gods.

Detail. Libation stand used to receive water offerings to the dead or the gods. The text includes the name of the king Amenemope, and the words 'this fresh libation which has come fourth from Elephantine and which emerges in the region of Heliopolis...' referring to the annual flood of the Nile. Top view. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Pharaonic. Date/Period: 3rd Intermediate, XXIst Dynasty. Place of Origin: Tanis 993 - 984 BC. Material Size: Silver l = 41.7 cm. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo . Location: 36A.