id: 136667 accession number: 1961.205 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.205 updated: 2021-03-28 09:07:24.488000 Nome Gods Bearing Offerings, c. 1391-1353 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1296), reign of Amenhotep III. Painted limestone; overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1961.205 title: Nome Gods Bearing Offerings title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1391-1353 BC creation date earliest: 1391 creation date latest: 1353 current location: 107 Egyptian creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1296), reign of Amenhotep III technique: painted limestone department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - New Kingdom type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1961) opening date: 1961-11-01T04:00:00 Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961). title: Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World opening date: 1992-07-01T04:00:00 Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 1-September 27, 1992); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (October 24, 1992-January 31, 1993); Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 2-May 31, 1993). title: Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre opening date: 1996-02-11T05:00:00 Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-April 14, 1996). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Year in Review for 1976, Cleveland Museum of Art (February 1 - March 6, 1977). --- PROVENANCE Probably Kom el-Ahmar, ancient Hebenu. date: footnotes: citations: Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1961 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1961- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Another block from the same temple wall was acquired 15 years later by the museum. digital description: These blocks from a temple wall show four figures identified as nomes, or provinces, of ancient Egypt. Carrying trays heaped with offerings and leading sacrificial animals, they personify the bounty of the land that they bring to the god who stood in the upper register, facing a figure of the king, Amenhotep III. These blocks may be from Amenhotep III's temple, dedicated to the god Horus. wall description: These blocks from a temple wall have preserved their original painted decoration to a remarkable degree. The four portly figures in the lower register bear emblems on their heads identifying them as nomes, or provinces, of ancient Egypt. Carrying trays heaped with offerings and leading sacrificial animals, they personify the bounty of the land. First (on the right) is the Oryx Nome, followed by the Dog Nome, the Falcon Nome, and the Double Scepter Nome. The face of each figure is a miniature portrait of Amenhotep III, and each recites a speech in the king's name. The first figure says, "King Nebmaatra [Amenhotep III] has come, bringing to you every good thing that is in this land, that you may give him all life, stability, dominion, and all health from you." The second, third, and fourth figures bring "all greens," "the produce of the Two Lands [Upper and Lower Egypt]," and "all offerings and provisions." The god to whom the nomes bring offerings stood in the fragmentary upper register, facing a standing figure of the king, Amenhotep III. The pair of legs on the right belonged to the god; the single foot on the left belonged to the king. The god holds a scepter, forked at the bottom, embellished with coils of rope (for eternity), tadpoles (for hundreds of thousands), and notched palm ribs (for years), the whole signifying "an eternity of hundreds of thousands of years." These blocks may be from Amenhotep III's temple at Kom el-Ahmar, ancient Hebenu, in Middle Egypt, dedicated to the god Horus. Hebenu was the capital of the Oryx Nome that leads the procession. Amenhotep III's temple was later dismantled, and its blocks were reused in the foundation of another structure, which would account for the excellent preservation of the paint. --- RELATED WORKS id: 148798 Nome Gods Bearing Offerings, c. 1391-1353 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1296), reign of Amenhotep III. Painted limestone; overall: 66 cm (25 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1976.51 relationship: originally part of --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012. page number: pp 22-23 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Bulletin 49, no. 6 (June 1962): color cover. page number: Color Cover url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151898 Carter, Martha L. Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. 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