id:			127174
accession number:	1949.497
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.497
updated:		2023-01-10 23:11:40.798000

Male Offering Bearer, c. 667–647 BC. Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, Dynasty 26. Limestone; overall: 35.3 x 21.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.497

title:				Male Offering Bearer
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 667–647 BC
creation date earliest:		-667
creation date latest:		-647
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the Hanna Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, Dynasty 26
technique:	limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 35.3 x 21.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 5/16 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 (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel E. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 187)
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fun fact:
This offering bearer was part of a larger procession, with traces of objects on either side.

digital description:
Carved in sunken relief, this limestone slab shows a male offering bearer walking to the right. He holds three papyrus stalks in his right hand and a basket containing four loaves of bread in his left. Although the loaves appear above the basket, they should be understood as its contents.

wall description:
A priest carries long stalks of papyri and a basket of cakes and bread. This is in the style of the later Old Kingdom.
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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.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0032

	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 and Mentioned: p. 401
	url:		

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IMAGES

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