The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 28, 2023

Priests Performing Funeral Rites

c. 667–647 BC

Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, Late Dynasty 25 to Early Dynasty 26

Limestone

Overall: 36.2 x 48.2 cm (14 1/4 x 19 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.286

Location

107 Egyptian

Description

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.

Provenance
Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34). Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 254)
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. 402
Exhibition history

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.286