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Two Offering Bearers

Two Offering Bearers

c. 667–647 BCE
(715–332 BCE)
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.
  • Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel E. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 185)
  • 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
  • In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
  • {{cite web|title=Two Offering Bearers|url=false|author=|year=c. 667–647 BCE|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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