Osiris presented with a bowl of burning tapers, from the tomb of Pashedu (TT3). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. Deir el-Medina, West Thebes.
The rear wall of the innermost burial chamber shows the god Osiris-Onnophris, the ruler of the kingdom of the dead, on his throne with the mountain of the West behind him. Osiris wears a nemes-headdress and holds a flail and scepter. A seated god before him presents a bowl with burning tapers. The inscription written in columns of black hieroglyphs contains spell for “lighting a lamp for Osiris”. Behind the throne of Osiris a small figure of Pashedu is depicted kneeling.
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