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Male Offering Bearer

c. 667–647 BCE
limestone
Overall: 35.3 x 21.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.497
Location: 107 Egyptian
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This offering bearer was part of a larger procession, with traces of objects on either side.

Description

Carved in sunken relief, this limestone slab shows a male offering bearer walking to the right. He holds three papyrus stalks in his right hand and a basket containing four loaves of bread in his left. Although the loaves appear above the basket, they should be understood as its contents.
Male Offering Bearer

Male Offering Bearer

c. 667–647 BCE

Egypt, Thebes, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26

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