The [offering table](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=278) is made up of a simple thick slab of stone corresponding in shape to the hieroglyph for offering 'hetep'. This sign is composed of a mat on which a loaf is shown in profile. This part which projects above the surface is incised with a channel which allows the liquids used for libations to flow away. On the table itself are a 'hetep' sign as well as several offerings (a vessel, cake, loaf, geese). The object belonged to the Theban [priest](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=299) Padiamenopet, who built the largest tomb in the Assasif.

|Present location|KMKG - MRAH \[07/003\] [BRUSSELS](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=95)|
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|Inventory number|E.5811|
|Dating|[25TH DYNASTY](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=19) AND CONTEMPORARIES (not before); [26TH DYNASTY](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=20) (not after)|
|Archaeological Site|EL-ASSASIF|
|Category|[OFFERING TABLE](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=278) (Htp)|
|Material|[GRANITE](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=164)|
|Technique|HEWN; [RELIEF](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=317); ENGRAVED|
|Height|17 cm|
|Width|81 cm|
|Depth|65 cm|
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# Bibliography

* L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 87 nº 332
* U. Rössler-Köhler, Individuelle Haltungen zum ägyptischen Königtum der Spätzeit, Wiesbaden 1991, 166 n° 36g

Offering table of Padiamenopet