"Plate 23 or 24: Egyptian gods Ptah-Osiris-Sokar approach the baby sun god Horus"; from The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians Vol. 3 (1841) by John Gardner Wilkinson.

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Is it possible that the Stone of Sokar, placed on the Hennu Barque, was a meteorite? The ancient peoples of the area may have witnessed the fall of such an object. The symbolism seen in the images of this post seem to suggest that it was a meteorite that fell, of a significant size, after travelling quickly through the heavens. Both Chladni and Kesselmeyer do not mention it. Based on the evidence here, I would place the witness fall sometime during or before the 19th Dynasty.

External Links:

• More info at alienexplorations.

• The Barque of Sokar.

• Relief from the Temple of Ramses 3rd in Medinet Habu.

• Theban Tomb 286: "Scribe of the Table" from the 20th Dynasty; 3D Virtual Tour. Click # 12 in the tour to see the Barque of Sokar relief in the lower left. Another image of it.

• Depictions of the Barque of Henu at the Louvre: Enveloppe de Cartonnage. and Masque-Plastron..

• Sokar: article and reliefs at AMNTE NOFRE (Amentet Neferet).

• Book of the Dead of Ani, frame 18.

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Other Examples:

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Fig. 2 de « Planche 13 Thèbes, Medynet-abou. Bas-Reliefs Sculptés Dans Les Galeries Est Et Sud Du Péristyle Du Palais. Antiquites Tome Deuxieme. »

« Description de l'Égypte » (1821) par C. L. F. Panckoucke. Paris, C. L. F. Panckoucke.

Image group 10404.000.

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"Relief of the divine bark Hennu - Temple of Hathor at Deir el-Medina."

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"Henu Barque Amulet" (~525-30 BCE).

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"Mummy and Painted Cartonnage of an Unknown Woman" (~850-750 BCE).

With Hennu Barque (Horus Boat, Bark of Sokar).

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"Cartonnage Mummy Case" (~50 BCE) showing the Henu Barque.

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The boat of Sokar flanked by jackals (3rd century CE).

Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.128a-e. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 52.128a_52.128e_PS2.jpg). Color and cropping edits.

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"Solar Boat reliefs on the walls of the Temple of Horus in Edfu."

By getye1, stock.xchng. Image License Unknown.

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Block Statue of Ipwer; the right side shows the sacred boat of Sokaris. 25th or 26th Dynasty.

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Study for Plate 122 of Baron Dominique Vivant Denon's "Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte" (1802).

© The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 via https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/241505001 Color edits.