id:			94073
accession number:	1914.626
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.626
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:06.099000

Headrest of Irut, c. 2454–2140 BCE. Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasties 5–6. Travertine; overall: 19.5 x 18.8 x 7.4 cm (7 11/16 x 7 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.626

title:				Headrest of Irut
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creation date:			c. 2454–2140 BCE
creation date earliest:		-2454
creation date latest:		-2140
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasties 5–6
technique:	travertine
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Old Kingdom
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 19.5 x 18.8 x 7.4 cm (7 11/16 x 7 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven:  Women in Ancient Egypt

	opening date:   1996-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven:  Women in Ancient Egypt
</i>. The Cincinnati Art Museum (organizer) (October 19, 1996-January 15, 1997); The Brooklyn Museum (February 20-May 18, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1916, no. 70, p. 211, pl. 339;', 'opening_date': '1916-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, 16 June-16 July 1942, Vanity Fair, no. 222;', 'opening_date': '1942-06-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"The Egyptian Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 1, no. 1 (1914): 2
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 3; mentioned: p. 2
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25135974

	Capel, Anne K., and Glenn Markoe, eds. <em>Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt</em>. New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1996.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Referenced: p. 156-157
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	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 145; Mentioned: p. 145-146
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