id:			127170
accession number:	1949.493
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.493
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:13.526000

Seated Couple:  Mentuemhat's Ancestors, c. 667–647 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasties 25–26. Limestone; overall: 57.3 x 53 cm (22 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.493

title:				Seated Couple:  Mentuemhat's Ancestors
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creation date:			c. 667–647 BCE
creation date earliest:		-667
creation date latest:		-647
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the Hanna Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasties 25–26
technique:	limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 57.3 x 53 cm (22 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), first court, south side of west wall under portico. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 183).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” January 1952, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0032

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n29

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n27

	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. 406 ; Mentioned: p. 407
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