ABSTRACT
This chapter surveys chronologically the representations of wine offering on royal monuments and is divided into three sections.1 All of the extant examples from the Old and Middle Kingdoms are treated in the first section. The second section deals with material from the time of the New Kingdom to the end of the Pharaonic Period, and is subdivided into four parts: temples, royal statues, royal stelae (including obelisks and rock inscriptions), and royal tombs. Because of the large number of representations from this period, it is impractical to analyze them all, especially since many remain unpublished. We therefore examine only the essential features of the ritual act. The third section discusses examples from the Graeco-Roman temples.
