The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 1, 2023

Male Offering Bearer

c. 667–647 BC

Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, Dynasty 26

Limestone

Overall: 35.3 x 21.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.497

Location

107 Egyptian

Fun Fact

This offering bearer was part of a larger procession, with traces of objects on either side.

Description

Carved in sunken relief, this limestone slab shows a male offering bearer walking to the right. He holds three papyrus stalks in his right hand and a basket containing four loaves of bread in his left. Although the loaves appear above the basket, they should be understood as its contents.

Provenance
Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel E. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 187)
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. 401
Exhibition history

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

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