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Priests Performing Funeral Rites

c. 667–647 BCE

Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasties 25–26

Medium
limestone
Measurements
Overall: 36.2 x 48.2 cm (14 1/4 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.286
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Location
107 Egyptian
Print

Description

A priest and two attendants perform ceremonies for the deceased. Originally, there probably existed (to the left) certain offerings. It is an exact copy of a scene in the Temple of Deir el Bahari made some seven centuries earlier where the figures are reversed.

Priests Performing Funeral Rites

c. 667–647 BCE

Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasties 25–26

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