{"data": {"id": 136667, "accession_number": "1961.205", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Nome Gods Bearing Offerings, c. 1391\u20131353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540\u20131069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390\u20131352 BCE). Painted limestone; overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1961.205", "current_location": "107 Egyptian", "title": "Nome Gods Bearing Offerings", "creation_date": "c. 1391\u20131353 BCE", "creation_date_earliest": -1391, "creation_date_latest": -1353, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Egypt, New Kingdom (1540\u20131069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390\u20131352 BCE)"], "technique": "painted limestone", "support_materials": [], "department": "Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art", "collection": "Egypt - New Kingdom", "type": "Sculpture", "measurements": "Overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.66, "height_inch": 26, "height_inch_fraction": 0.0, "width": 1.33, "width_inch": 52, "width_inch_fraction": 0.375, "length": 1.33, "length_inch": 52, "length_inch_fraction": 0.375}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 302039, "title": "Year in Review (1961)", "description": "<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).", "opening_date": "1961-11-01T05:00:00"}, {"id": 311471, "title": "Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World", "description": "<i>Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 1-September 27, 1992); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (October 24, 1992-January 31, 1993); Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 2-May 31, 1993).", "opening_date": "1992-07-01T04:00:00"}, {"id": 311874, "title": "Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre", "description": "<i>Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-April 14, 1996).", "opening_date": "1996-02-11T05:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "<em>The Year in Review for 1976, </em>Cleveland Museum of Art (February 1 - March 6, 1977)<em>.</em>", "opening_date": "1977-02-01T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [{"description": "Probably Kom el-Ahmar, ancient Hebenu.", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": null, "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "?-1961", "sortorder": 2}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1961-", "sortorder": 3}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [{"id": 148798, "description": "Nome Gods Bearing Offerings, c. 1391\u20131353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540\u20131069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390\u20131352 BCE). Painted limestone; overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1976.51", "relationship": "originally part of"}], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "Another block from the same temple wall was acquired 15 years later by the museum.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "These blocks from a temple wall show four figures identified as nomes, or provinces, of ancient Egypt. Carrying trays heaped with offerings and leading sacrificial animals, they personify the bounty of the land that they bring to the god who stood in the upper register, facing a figure of the king, Amenhotep III. 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