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Visual reconstruction of the Limestone panel (Slab stela) of Prince Rahotep seated before offerings: from the false door in the tomb of Rahotep, Faiyum, Meidum, Egypt, circa 2600 BC (4th dynasty, since 1892 in the British Museum, London). The deceased is shown seated on a simple, bull-legged, backless chair, one hand clasped on his chest and the other extended towards an offering-table carrying half-loaves of bread. The names of conventional offerings are written above the table and below it to one side of the stand. To the right of this scene is a standard offering-list of the early type. The name and titles of the deceased are written in larger signs on both sides of and above the main scene. Lithograph, published in 1897.