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Men Bearing Tomb Equipment

c. 667–647 BC

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

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Overall: 47 x 57.9 cm (18 1/2 x 22 13/16 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.284

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107 Egyptian

Description

Servants carry chests of personal possessions and funerary equipment to the tomb. The style suggests that this relief was copied from or based on one of Dynasty 12.

Provenance

Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), west portico, north wall. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 258)

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” January 1952, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 6 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 6 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 16 archive.org

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 410

Müller, Von Hans Wolfgang. "Der >Stadtfürst von Theben< Montemhêt" Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 26 (1975): 7-36.
Reproduced: p. 22, abb. 14

Exhibition history

In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

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

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