The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Priests Performing Funeral Rites
c. 667–647 BCE
Location: 107 Egyptian
Description
Attendant pouring a libation for the deceased. In the style of the Old Kingdom, its prototype is in the Temple of Deir el Bahari where the figures are reversed.- Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34). Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 257)
- Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” January 1952, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.orgBerman, 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. 403
- In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.287