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Collection Online as of January 20, 2020

Two Offering Bearers

c. 667-647 BC

Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26

Limestone

Overall: 35.7 x 42 cm (14 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.495

Location

107 Egyptian

Description

Priests of unspecified rank bring different types of bread, a duck, and lotus flowers to the tomb. Sunken relief in the style of the later Old Kingdom.

Provenance
Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel E. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 185)
Citations
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 and Mentioned: p. 400
Exhibition history

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

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