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Source Description
A mortuary priest, traditionally clothed in animal skin and long kilt, performs the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual, an essential part of the funeral ceremony in which the mummy is restored to life. Behind the priest is a table with special tools for the rites. He makes an offering and burns incense before the upright mummy (missing). This finely sculpted fragment comes from the tomb of the vizier Nes-pa-ka-shuty, a government official whose power was second only to that of the king (TT 312). It demonstrates the elegant style of the 26th Dynasty.
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Document identity
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1605
label
Relief Fragment Showing a Priest with an Incense Burner
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obj
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sculpture
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1
Source metadata
id
1605
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Relief Fragment Showing a Priest with an Incense Burner
description
A mortuary priest, traditionally clothed in animal skin and long kilt, performs the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual, an essential part of the funeral ceremony in which the mummy is restored to life. Behind the priest is a table with special tools for the rites. He makes an offering and burns incense before the upright mummy (missing). This finely sculpted fragment comes from the tomb of the vizier Nes-pa-ka-shuty, a government official whose power was second only to that of the king (TT 312). It demonstrates the elegant style of the 26th Dynasty.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 664-610 BCE (Late Period, 26th dynasty, reign of Psamtek I)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
33.5
height
35.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 3/16 x W: 14 in. (33.5 x 35.5 cm)
style
Saite
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
26th Dynasty
reign
Psametik I-Necho II
med
limestone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2002
3193
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1
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0
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photo
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1b14fdb8f7f36545