id: 148798
accession number: 1976.51
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Nome Gods Bearing Offerings, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Painted limestone; overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1976.51
title: Nome Gods Bearing Offerings
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creation date: c. 1391–1353 BCE
creation date earliest: -1391
creation date latest: -1353
current location: 107 Egyptian
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE)
technique: painted limestone
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - New Kingdom
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review, 1976
opening date: 1977-02-01T05:00:00
Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Year in Review for 1976, Cleveland Museum of Art (February 1 - March 6, 1977).', 'opening_date': '1977-02-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-April 14, 1996).', 'opening_date': '1996-02-11T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Probably Kom el-Ahmar, ancient Hebenu.
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Miss Frieda Tchacos, Uraeus Gallery, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1976
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1976-
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RELATED WORKS
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Nome Gods Bearing Offerings, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Painted limestone; overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1961.205
relationship: originally part of
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CITATIONS
Kozloff, Arielle. "Ancient Art [Annual Report for 1976]." CMA Bulletin 64, no. 6 (June 1977): 159.
page number: p. 159
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159530
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 13
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n33
Kozloff, Arielle. "Guessing the Unseen from the Seen." CMA Bulletin 66, no. 9 (December 1979): 338-342, fig. 13.
page number: p. 338-342, fig. 13
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159651
Silver, Adele. Guide to the Galleries: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971; 2nd ed., rev 1981.
page number: p. 10-11, fig. 9
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Kozloff, Arielle. An Introduction to the Art of Egypt in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983.
page number: p. 12
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Kozloff, Arielle. "The Egyptian Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art." Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt 125, (Spring 1984): 9.
page number: p. 9
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Baines, John. Fecundicy Figures: Egyptian Personification and the Iconology of a Genre. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, and Chicago: Bolchazy-Carducci, 1985.
page number: p. 90, fig. 56
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Johnson, W. Raymond, "Images of Amenhotep III in Thebes: Styles and Intentions." In The Art of Amenhotep III: Art Historical Analysis; Papers Presented at the International Symposium Held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 34. Lawrence Michael Berman, ed. Cleveland,OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1990.
page number: p. 34
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Romano, James. "A Second Look at 'Images of Amenhotep III in Thebes: Styles and Intentions' by W. Raymond Johnson." In The Art of Amenhotep III: Art Historical Analysis; Papers Presented at the International Symposium Held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 52-53. Lawrence Michael Berman, ed. Cleveland,OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1990.
page number: p. 52-53
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 4
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20
Interpretations: Sixty-Five Works from the Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 2 (1991).
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Kozloff, Arielle. "Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World." Egyptian Archaeology 2 (1991): 22.
page number: p. 22
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterpieces from East and West. New York: Rizzoli International, 1992.
page number: p. 18
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Kozloff, Arielle and Betsy Bryan. "Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World." Minerva 3, no.4 (July/August 1992): 27, fig. 4.
page number: p. 27, fig. 4
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Delange, E. "Egypt's Dazzling Sun, Amenhotep III and His World Cleveland." BSFE 125 (October 1992): 33, fig. 3.
page number: p. 33, fig. 3
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Delange, Elisabeth. "Introduction." Connaissance des Arts, special issue 36 (1993): 4, fig. 2.
page number: p. 4, fig. 2
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Yoyette, Jean. "Amenophis III: Soleil des souverains." Beaux-Arts Magazine, special issue (February 1993): 7.
page number: p. 7
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Bianchi, Robert Steven. "Amenophis III: Le pharaon soleil." Archeologia 288 (March 1993): 22.
page number: p. 22
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Kozloff, Arielle. "Revelations from Egypt's 'Dazzling Sun.'" Chronicle of Higher Education 39, no. 30 (March 11, 1993): B3.
page number: B3
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Siliotti, Alberto. Egypt: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994.
page number: p. 54, fig. 54
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Wilkinson, Richard. Symbol and Magic in Egyptian Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994.
page number: p. 123
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Noblecourt, Christiane Desroches. Amours et fureurs de La Lointaine: Cles pours la comprehension de symboles egyptiens. Paris: Stock-Pernoud, 1995.
page number: pl. XVI
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Berman, Lawrence M., "Royal Allegory", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 36 no. 08, March 1996
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1996-03/page/8
Cleveland Museum of Art, Lawrence Michael Berman, and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
page number: p. 227-231, cat. no. 166
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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. 227-229, Color: p. 5; Mentioned: p. 227-231
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: no. 6, p. 11 & 116
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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
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 74
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