id:			112312
accession number:	1930.735
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.735
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:18.604000

Relief of Nyankhnesut Seated, c. 2311–2281 BCE. Egypt, Saqqara, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 6. Painted limestone; overall: 98.7 x 80.6 cm (38 7/8 x 31 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1930.735

title:				Relief of Nyankhnesut Seated
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creation date:			c. 2311–2281 BCE
creation date earliest:		-2311
creation date latest:		-2281
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Saqqara, Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE), Dynasty 6
technique:	painted limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Old Kingdom
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 98.7 x 80.6 cm (38 7/8 x 31 3/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, June 1941, Silver Jubilee Exhibition, cat.: CMA Bulletin 28, no. 6 (June 1941), p. 91, illus. p. 101', 'opening_date': '1941-06-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Saqqara, tomb of Nyankhnesut. Purchased from Dr. Jacob Hirsch through Harold Parsons
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Old Kingdom Reliefs of Ancient Egypt." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>17, no. 10. (December 1930): 187-190
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 188
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137339

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Martha L. Carter. <em>Egyptian Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1963.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 4; Mentioned: p. 5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/EgyptianArt_80670/page/n7

	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. 135; Mentioned: p. 135-136
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