Stela of Hotep and Khnumu

Round-topped red granite stela of Hotep and Khnumu in excellent condition with six rows of finely carved hieroglyphs. The top line gives the name of two brothers - one name reads left to right (the steward/overseer of the estate, Khnumu), and the other name reads right to left (the steward/overseer of the estate, Hotep). After a standard offering formula the text names the revered one the steward/overseer of the estate Hotep, the revered one the follower Khnum both the children of a woman called Satkhnumhotep (Ranke 293, 1). Another male name is mentioned, the steward/overseer of the estate Khnumu son of a woman called Satkhnumhotep.The lower register shows three men walking, facing right, all carrying a walking stick in right hand a kherep-scepter in left hand. Translation: The overseer of the estate Khnumu. The Overseer of the estate Hetep. An offering that the king gives (to) Osiris, lord of Busiris, the great god, lord of Abydos, [so that] voice offerings may be made in thousands of ox, fowl, alabaster, linen, from the good and pure divine offerings on which a god lives for the revered one, the overseer of the estate, Hetep born of Satkhnumhotep; the revered one, the follower, Khnumu born of Satkhnumhotep; the overseer of the estate Khnumu, born of Satkhnumhotep.