Stele of Revealing

Stele of Revealing
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The Stele of Revealing

The
Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu i (also known as the Stele of Revealing) is a
painted, wooden offering stele, discovered in 1858 at the mortuary temple of
Hatshepsut
at Dayr al-Bahri...It
was made for the
Montu-priest
Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu
i, and was discovered near his coffin ensemble of two sarcophagi and two
anthropomorphic inner coffins. It dates to circa 680/70 BCE, the period of the
late

Dynasty 25/early

Dynasty 26...On the front Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu i as a priest of Montu can be
seen; he is presenting offerings to the falcon-headed god
Re-Harakhty ("Re-Horus
of the Two Horizons"), a synchronistic form of the gods
Ra and
Horus, who is
seated on a throne. The symbol of the west, the place of the Dead, is seen
behind Re-Harakhty. Above the figures is a depiction of
Nut, the
sky goddess who stretches from horizon to horizon. Directly beneath her is the
Winged Solar
Disk, Horus of
Behdet. The stele is also known as the "Stele of Revealing" and is a central
element of the religious philosophy
Thelema
founded by
Aleister
Crowley. - enWikipedia