The priest Padiamonnebgutauy's sign for his father Minnusensebeur. Ancient Egypt, Lower Epoch, 664 - 332 BC. Bronze. Provenance: - Private collection, Annie Trotter, London. - Private collection, Ingrid McAlpine (1939 - 2018), London and Epsom, acquired from the above on October 22, 1993. - Art Market, England, 2019. - Lady Meux (1847-1910). - Sotheby's 5 July 2022, lot 146. Good condition, excellent patina of the bronze, retains original handle. Presents a blow and lack on the right side of the stipule. Attached a study on the antiquity of the piece issued by the Egyptologist and architect Fernando Estrada Laza. Author of "Los Obreros de la Muerte" and "Entender y Amar el Arte Egipcio". Advisor to the architectural team Lamela, for the project of the future Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo (GEM). Advisor to the architectural team of Arata Isozaki (Tokyo), for the organization and selection of pieces for the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) and the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo (GEM). Measurements: 15 cm (height) and 25 cm (height with handle raised); 31 cm (height with pedestal). The tendered situla features fourteen vertical registers of writing, between two figures engraved at the ends of the text, all framed by a rectangle drawn by a thin incised line. A priest dressed in a tunic is the only character in this scene. Both the animal skin covering him and his shaved head indicate that he is a funeral priest of the wab, pure, and sem groups, prestigious grades of the clergy whose acolytes practice the posthumous funeral rites to the dead, mainly that of the "opening of the mouth". While with his right hand he pours water (libation), on a container vessel, by means of a glass that, his other hand makes a fumigation of incense with a wooden censer whose front tip is a small container, lined internally with bronze, where the combustion of the grains of incense takes place. The grains are stored in the intermediate cylindrical area and finally the rear part ends with the design of a falcon's head, probably of the god Horus. The four registers of writing on his head, are translated: "Made by his brother to live his name. The director, the son of the god." After the priest, his proper name: Padiamónnebgutauy. Name that can be translated as: "He who makes (an offering) to Amun, Lord of the Crowns of the Two Lands". Next, following the scheme of vertical registers is the text: "Make a libation of fresh water to this Osiris who presides over the West. Make a libation of fresh water to this Osiris. The priest of Amun in Ipet Setu (the harem of the South of Amun), the scribe of the temple, to fulfill the office of his half-month in this temple, he who is at the head of the congregation of priests of this liturgical office of the half-month in the confraternity of Ipet Setu, Desefmer, Son of the priest of Amon in the temple of Ipet Setu, the scribe bearer of the seal of Amon in the temple, the head of the priestly congregation for the office of his half month in the temple, the one who is in the knowledge (the secrets?) of the temple, the one who is at the head of the confraternity of the pure priests of Ammonet (Goddess wall of Amon, is the version of this god in Karnak. Later, it will be Mut the first wife of the god), director in the heart of the Ipet Setu, the one who is at the head of the congregation of the priests of Amonet (Goddess wall of Amon, it is the version of this god at Karnak. Make a libation of fresh water to this Osiris. The priest of Amun in Ipet Setu (the harem of the South of Amun), the scribe of the temple, to fulfill the office of his half-month in this temple, he who is at the head of the congregation of priests of this liturgical office of the half-month in the confraternity of Ipet Setu, Desefmer, Son of the priest of Amon in the temple of Ipet Setu, the scribe bearer of the seal of Amon in the temple, the head of the priestly congregation for the office of his half month in the temple, the one who is in the knowledge (the secrets?) of the temple, the one who is at the head of the confraternity of the pure priests of Ammonet (Goddess wall of Amon, is the version of this god in Karnak. Later, it will be Mut the first wife of the god), director in the heart of the Ipet Setu, the one who is at the head of the congregation of the pure priests of Amon, the director of the confraternity of the pure priests. This one, the one who is important in the priestly congregation: Padiamonnebgutauy, son of Minnusensebeur, fair of voice. Born of the singer of Amon Ra, Dity. Your son appears, Horus appears. You bring freshness to your heart and you put the Two Lands (Egypt) under your plants (?) for you, to be called to the embalming room without any danger (or without any risk) for your heart, besides your name appears...". Desefmer, is the son of Padiamónnebgutauy, who in turn is the son of the late Minnusensebeur, now deceased. In the Lower Epoch, very long proper names abou