Egypt, Thebes, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 / c. 667–647 BCE
Male Offering Bearer
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Male Offering Bearer as sculpture (Egypt, Thebes, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 · c. 667–647 BCE).
This offering bearer was part of a larger procession, with traces of objects on either side.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this sculpture as limestone.
The museum's collection notes: Carved in sunken relief, this limestone slab shows a male offering bearer walking to the right. He holds three papyrus stalks in his right hand and a basket containing four loaves of bread in his left. Although the loaves appear above the basket, they should be understood as its contents.
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