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May 22, 2007
Priests Performing Funeral Rites
Priests Performing Funeral Rites
c. 667–647 BC
Limestone
Overall: 36.2 x 48.2 cm (14 1/4 x 19 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.286
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A priest and two attendants perform ceremonies for the deceased. Originally, there probably existed (to the left) certain offerings. It is an exact copy of a scene in the Temple of Deir el Bahari made some seven centuries earlier where the figures are reversed.
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