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Priests Performing Funeral Rites
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Priests Performing Funeral Rites

c. 667–647 BCE · limestone

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Attendant pouring a libation for the deceased. In the style of the Old Kingdom, its prototype is in the Temple of Deir el Bahari where the figures are reversed.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit linePriests Performing Funeral Rites, c. 667–647 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasties 25–26. Limestone; overall: 36.1 x 37.5 cm (14 3/16 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1951.287

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