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Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese

c. 667–647 BC

Egypt, Thebes, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26

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.

Provenance
Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel E. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 184)
Citations
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
Exhibition history

In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.494