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Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians

Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians

380–343 BCE
(715–332 BCE)
limestone
Overall: 27.2 x 3.5 cm (10 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.542
Location: not on view

Description

This fragment of relief formed part of a lintel over the door of a small niche or shrine in the tomb of a man called Hapiu. Two female musicians are shown on either side of a large stand bearing a floral arrangement. The first woman, wearing a long coat, beats a drum; the second, scantily clad, plucks a lyre, dancing as she plays.
  • Memphis or Heliopolis. Purchased from Khawam Brothers, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 10 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 6 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 6 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. 17 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991 Reproduced: p. 10 archive.org
    Capel, Anne K., and Glenn Markoe, eds. Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt. New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1996. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 95
    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. 419
  • Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt . The Cincinnati Art Museum (organizer) (October 19, 1996-January 15, 1997); The Brooklyn Museum (February 20-May 18, 1997).
    Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989).
    Brooklyn 1960, no. 82; CMA, 14 February-11 June 1989, Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection, no cat.;
    Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (October 18, 1960-January 9, 1961).
    CMA 1916, no. 80, p. 212, pl. 339;
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians|url=false|author=|year=380–343 BCE|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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