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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Male Offering Bearer

Male Offering Bearer

c. 667–647 BCE
(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
    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=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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