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Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese
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Prophet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese

c. 667–647 BCE · limestone

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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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineProphet and Lector-Priest with Offerings of Live Geese, c. 667–647 BCE. Egypt, Thebes, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26. Limestone; overall: 36.8 x 36.6 cm (14 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1949.494
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