Cleveland Museum of Art
Nome Gods Bearing Offerings
- Date
- c. 1391–1353 BCE
- Medium
- painted limestone
- Culture
- Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE)
- Department
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 136667
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
These blocks from a temple wall show four figures identified as nomes, or provinces, of ancient Egypt. Carrying trays heaped with offerings and leading sacrificial animals, they personify the bounty of the land that they bring to the god who stood in the upper register, facing a figure of the king, Amenhotep III. These blocks may be from Amenhotep III's temple, dedicated to the god Horus. Another block from the same temple wall was acquired 15 years later by the museum.
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- Probably Kom el-Ahmar, ancient Hebenu. | ?-1961: Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1961-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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