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Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese

Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese

c. 667–647 BCE
(715–332 BCE)
limestone
Overall: 36.8 x 36.6 cm (14 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.494
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

Two priests of different rank bring offerings of live geese to be ritually killed for the tomb occupant. This is in sunken relief in the style of the later Old Kingdom.
  • Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel E. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 184)
  • 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.399
  • In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
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