An Egyptian Blue-Green Faience Offering Cup for Seti I, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Gaming Pieces but overall intact and in

but overall intact and in very good condition

acquired in the 1990s

When Osiris rose to pre-eminence as the god of the dead

They were placed in the subterranean burial apartments to provide symbolic sustenance for the afterlife

Strung on a 14K gold chain

An Egyptian Blue-Green Faience Offering Cup for Seti I, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Gaming Pieces but overall intact and inof blue green glazed faience, the cylindrical form with wide foot and outward turned lip, the exterior stained with offering oil and faded royal rectangular glyph panel for Seti I, that reads: Men Maat Re, loved by Osiris, Lord of Ro setau. Cups of this style were made to commemorate the construction of a building, principally temples, honoring the reigning monarch. They were manufactured on the authorization of pharaoh and were considered a personal