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Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians

380–343 BC

Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 30

Limestone

Overall: 27.2 x 3.5 cm (10 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.542

Location

not on view

Description

This fragment of relief formed part of a lintel over the door of a small niche or shrine in the tomb of a man called Hapiu. Two female musicians are shown on either side of a large stand bearing a floral arrangement. The first woman, wearing a long coat, beats a drum; the second, scantily clad, plucks a lyre, dancing as she plays.

Provenance
Memphis or Heliopolis. Purchased from Khawam Brothers, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 10 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. 17 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991 Reproduced: p. 10 archive.org
Capel, Anne K., and Glenn Markoe, eds. Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt. New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1996. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 95
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. 419
Exhibition history

CMA 1916, no. 80, p. 212, pl. 339;

Brooklyn 1960, no. 82; CMA, 14 February-11 June 1989, Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection, no cat.;

Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (October 18, 1960-January 9, 1961).

Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989).

Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt
. The Cincinnati Art Museum (organizer) (October 19, 1996-January 15, 1997); The Brooklyn Museum (February 20-May 18, 1997).

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