The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Relief of a King

664–525 BCE

Egypt, Late period , Dynasty 26 or later

(715–332 BCE)
limestone
Overall: 28.7 x 17.2 cm (11 5/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1979
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

A relief of exceptional quality and archaizing style. At the upper left is a section of the cartouche outlined in rope, as is found in archaic work. In many of its details this relief could be traced to the Old Kingdom, but the exceptional delicacy of the diadem, necklace, and false beard establish this as later archaizing work.
  • Perhaps Memphis. Purchased from Maurice Nahman, Cairo, through Howard Carter
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 57 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 69 archive.org
    Kozloff, Arielle P. “Weserkaf, Boy King of Dynasty V.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 7 (September 1982): 211–223. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 218-219, fig. 16 www.jstor.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. 415
  • Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (October 18, 1960-January 9, 1961).
    Brooklyn 1960-61, no. 35; Springfield 1984, no. 10, fig. 32
    Exhibition of the Month: Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 3-December 28, 1952).
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Source URL:

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