The sculpture pictures the Royal Herald Hor holding a shrine (naos) containing a statue of the god Osiris. At the top of the naos is a ram's head with a sun disk and a cobra (uraeus), a symbol of the god Amon-Ra. Statues offering a naos, a stela, an altar or a divine figure are common from the New Kingdom to the Late Period. Through them the dedicator sought direct contact with a deity. For unclear reasons, all the inscriptions were carefully hammered out, making them difficult to read.
