id:			94073
accession number:	1914.626
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.626
updated:		2023-09-29 11:03:30.519000

Headrest of Irut, c. 2454–2140 BC. Egypt, Old Kingdom, Dynasties 5-6, 2454–2140 BCE. 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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series:				
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creation date:			c. 2454–2140 BC
creation date earliest:		-2454
creation date latest:		-2140
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
copyright:			

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culture:	Egypt, Old Kingdom, Dynasties 5-6, 2454–2140 BCE
technique:	travertine
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Old Kingdom
type:		Funerary Equipment
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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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

* CMA 1916, no. 70, p. 211, pl. 339;

* San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, 16 June-16 July 1942, Vanity Fair, no. 222;

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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wall description:
The ancient Egyptians used wooden headrests as pillows. Stone headrests were replicas made for the tomb. This example is inscribed on the top of the supporting column for "the king’s noblewoman, Irut."
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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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