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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress

c. 667–647 BCE

Egypt, Late period , Dynasties 25–26

(715–332 BCE)
limestone
Overall: 103.5 x 51.8 cm (40 3/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.281
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

Virtually a duplicate of 1951.280. In both reliefs Mentuemhat wears the robes of his office as a high priest of Amen. Here the inscription has been outlined in red by a master draughtsman, but the relief sculptor has not started his work.
  • Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel B, doorway. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris
  • 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. Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 44 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Martha L. Carter. Egyptian Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1963. Mentioned and reproduced; p. 14; Plate 17 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. 395; Mentioned: p.396
    Hallmann, Aleksandra. Ancient Egyptian Clothing : Studies in Late Period Private Representations. Leiden: Brill, 2023. Reproduced: p. 1042, fig. 3-9-39
  • In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
  • {{cite web|title=Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress|url=false|author=|year=c. 667–647 BCE|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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