Stela of the sistrum-player Wedjashu, daughter of the royal scribe Hor

Stela of the sistrum-player Wedjashu, daughter of the royal scribe Hor

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The scene at the top of the stela depicts Wedjashu, the daughter of Hor, worshipping Osiris, Harendotes (who is identified with Min in Akhmim), Anubis, Isis and Nephthys. The offering formula in the text names Osiris, Sokar-Osiris, Harendotes, Isis and Nephthys plus all the gods of Ipw - the ancient name of Akhmim - on behalf of Wedjashu who was a sistrum player. Her father Hor was a royal scribe, and her mother was the housemistress Ankhes.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stela of the sistrum-player Wedjashu, daughter of the royal scribe HorStela of the sistrum-player Wedjashu, daughter of the royal scribe HorStela of the sistrum-player Wedjashu, daughter of the royal scribe HorStela of the sistrum-player Wedjashu, daughter of the royal scribe HorStela of the sistrum-player Wedjashu, daughter of the royal scribe Hor

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.