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Men Bearing Tomb Equipment

Men Bearing Tomb Equipment

c. 667–647 BCE
(715–332 BCE)
limestone
Overall: 47 x 57.9 cm (18 1/2 x 22 13/16 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.284
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

Servants carry chests of personal possessions and funerary equipment to the tomb. The style suggests that this relief was copied from or based on one of Dynasty 12.
  • Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), west portico, north wall. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 258)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” January 1952, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. 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. 16 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. 410
    Müller, Von Hans Wolfgang. "Der >Stadtfürst von Theben< Montemhêt" Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 26 (1975): 7-36.
     Reproduced: p. 22, abb. 14
  • In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
  • {{cite web|title=Men Bearing Tomb Equipment|url=false|author=|year=c. 667–647 BCE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.284