id: 102385
accession number: 1921.1029
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Side Panel from the Coffin of Amenemope, c. 976-889 BC. Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21 (1069-945) to early Dynasty 22 (945-715 BC). Gessoed and painted sycamore fig ; overall: 60.4 x 41 x 6 cm (23 3/4 x 16 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1921.1029
title: Side Panel from the Coffin of Amenemope
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creation date: c. 976-889 BC
creation date earliest: -976
creation date latest: -889
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creditline: The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture: Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21 (1069-945) to early Dynasty 22 (945-715 BC)
technique: gessoed and painted sycamore fig
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - Third Intermediate
type: Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 60.4 x 41 x 6 cm (23 3/4 x 16 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Egypt: Materials and Methods
opening date: 1962-11-14T05:00:00
Egypt: Materials and Methods. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 14, 1962-January 21, 1963).
title: Untitled Exhibition
opening date: 1973-08-13T04:00:00
Untitled Exhibition. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-November 9, 1973).
title: Howard Carter: Before the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb
opening date: 1992-11-13T05:00:00
Howard Carter: Before the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (November 13, 1992-May 31, 1993).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, State Theatre, 28 September-16 October 1922, publicity campaign; London 1992, cat. p. 17, color illus.
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PROVENANCE
Presumably Thebes. Formerly in the collection of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, Norfolk; Amherst Sale, lot 405, p. 41, pl. XII. Purchased through Howard Carter
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This panel illustrates one of the same scenes shown on the inside of Nesykhonsu’s coffin, allowing us to compare different artist’s styles. On the right stand the mummies of the priest Amenemope and his wife, Taditkhonsu. Their daughter, called "the lady of the house, Mutemperes," crouches before them with her hands wrapped around Amenenope’s legs in a traditional gesture of mourning. On the left, a priest, dressed in his finest linen garments and panther skin, holds in his upraised hands an incense burner and a curious curved implement typically associated with the "opening of the mouth" ritual, in which the mummy’s mouth was magically opened so that the deceased person could take in food and thus be brought back to life.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 9 (1921): 138-41.
page number: Mentioned: p. 138
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136519
"1992 Annual Report." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 6 (1993): 215-95.
page number: Mentioned: p. 247
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161418
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page number: Reproduced: p. 338, 339, Color p. 61; Mentioned: p. 338-340
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