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Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress
c. 667-647 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Mentuemhat is in ecclesiastical dress in adoration before a deity. While the relief is almost finished, the paint was never applied and the inscriptions that were to go within the red columns were not even outlined.
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- Title: Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress
- Date Created: c. 667-647 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 104.1 x 46 cm (41 x 18 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: Thebes, Asasif, tomb of Mentuemhat (no. 34), chapel B, doorway. Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris (Mallon 253)
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.280
- Medium: limestone
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Culture: Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26
- Credit Line: Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Collection: Egypt - Late Period
- Accession Number: 1951.280
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