Ikhernofret Stela

The Ikhernofret Stela (Berlin Museum ref 1204) is an ancient Egyptian stela dated to the Middle Kingdom and is notable for its veiled description of how the mysteries of the deity Osiris were carried out in Abydos.

Osiris is depicted standing under a winged sun disk facing Senusret III.

Underneath the text, Ikhernofret, a 12th Dynasty treasurer under Pharaoh Senusret III, is depicted at an offering table with his family.

[2] The stela records how the festivities were celebrated in four main parts.

[3] The Egyptologist and novelist Christian Jacq used the Ikehernofret inscriptions as the foundation of his Osirian series "The Mysteries of Osiris".