Stela of Djefi and Ankhenes-ites

This stela combines several elements in one stela. Djefi and his wife Ankhenes-ites stand before an offering table that bears the hieroglyphic sign for the word “field,” the source of food offerings. The inscription on the right is the offering prayer promising them bread and beer in the afterlife. The inscription continues with a sentence normally found in a tomb biography: “I am beloved of my father and praised of my mother every day.” Thus, Djefi and Ankhenes-ites have combined in one stela the offering table, the inspection scene, and biography elements that would have been separate in a more elite tomb.