crown of the god Osiris; White Crown of Upper Egypt flanked by two plumes, or feathers
Ka
The Ka is a vital force that inhabits the body during life and leaves it in death, but requires the Ba spirit to help recognize the deceased and join it in the afterlife.
register
section of a scene or inscription represented on the walls of temples, tombs or stelae in Ancient Egypt
stela
slab of stone or wood, with figures and text, carvings, or paintings, which was used in numerous ways such as a funerary monument
A stela that has a scene depicting the Vizier Rahotep worshiping Osiris in the first register. Rahotep wears the wide tunic with suspenders, which was the garment worn by viziers. His hair is shaved like that of a priest's. He holds a fan in his left hand, showing that he had the title "Fan bearer on the right of the king."
Osiris is wrapped in mummy bandages from which his arms emerge to hold the "Was", or prosperity, and Djed, or stability, scepters. He wears his distinctive Atef crown. The Apis bull, with a solar disk on its head, stands behind Osiris.
Ten lines of hieroglyphic text cover the rest of the stela, praising the gods of the Memphite Necropolis for the sake of the Ka of Rahotep.
