Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese

Cleveland Museum of Art

Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese

Date
c. 667–647 BCE
Medium
limestone
Culture
Egypt, Thebes, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

Two priests of different rank bring offerings of live geese to be ritually killed for the tomb occupant. This is in sunken relief in the style of the later Old Kingdom.

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