Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians

Date
380–343 BCE
Medium
limestone
Culture
Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This fragment of relief formed part of a lintel over the door of a small niche or shrine in the tomb of a man called Hapiu. Two female musicians are shown on either side of a large stand bearing a floral arrangement. The first woman, wearing a long coat, beats a drum; the second, scantily clad, plucks a lyre, dancing as she plays.

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