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Mentuemhat as Priest with Staff and Scepter

Mentuemhat as Priest with Staff and Scepter

c. 667–647 BCE
(715–332 BCE)
limestone
Overall: 85.2 x 46 cm (33 9/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.492
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

Mentuemhet in his robes as a priest of Amen and carrying the wand used to consecrate food offerings to the god. Raised relief in the style of his time, but showing some influence of Middle Kingdom work.
  • Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34). Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 182A).
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” January 1952, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. 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: p. 405; Mentioned: p. 406
  • In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
    CMA 1958, no. 218B.
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