Cleveland Museum of Art

Priests Performing Funeral Rites

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

A priest and two attendants perform ceremonies for the deceased. Originally, there probably existed (to the left) certain offerings. It is an exact copy of a scene in the Temple of Deir el Bahari made some seven centuries earlier where the figures are reversed.

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