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Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Male Offering Bearer

c. 667–647 BCE

Egypt, Thebes, Late period , Dynasty 26

(715–332 BCE)
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

Did You Know?

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.
  • Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel E. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 187)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” January 1952, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Wunderlich, Silvia. "A Group of Egyptian Reliefs of the Saïte Period." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 3 (March 1952): 44-47, 49-50. Mentioned: p. 44 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. 401
  • In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
  • {{cite web|title=Male Offering Bearer|url=false|author=|year=c. 667–647 BCE|access-date=22 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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