Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mentuemhat in Ecclesiastical Dress

Date
c. 667–647 BCE
Medium
limestone
Culture
Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasties 25–26
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

Virtually a duplicate of 1951.280. In both reliefs Mentuemhat wears the robes of his office as a high priest of Amen. Here the inscription has been outlined in red by a master draughtsman, but the relief sculptor has not started his work.

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