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Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress

c. 667–647 BCE

Egypt, Late period , Dynasties 25–26

(715–332 BCE)
limestone
Overall: 104.1 x 46 cm (41 x 18 1/8 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.280
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

Mentuemhat is in ecclesiastical dress in adoration before a deity. While the relief is almost finished, the paint was never applied and the inscriptions that were to go within the red columns were not even outlined.
  • Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel B, doorway. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 253)
  • 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
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 8 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 16 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 6 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. 397; Mentioned:p.398
    Hallmann, Aleksandra. Ancient Egyptian Clothing : Studies in Late Period Private Representations. Leiden: Brill, 2023. Reproduced: p. 1042, fig. 3-9-38
  • In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
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