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Nome Gods Bearing Offerings

c. 1391-1353 BC

Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1296), reign of Amenhotep III

Painted limestone

Overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1961.205

Location

107 Egyptian

Fun Fact

Another block from the same temple wall was acquired 15 years later by the museum.

Description

These blocks from a temple wall show four figures identified as nomes, or provinces, of ancient Egypt. Carrying trays heaped with offerings and leading sacrificial animals, they personify the bounty of the land that they bring to the god who stood in the upper register, facing a figure of the king, Amenhotep III. These blocks may be from Amenhotep III's temple, dedicated to the god Horus.

Provenance

Probably Kom el-Ahmar, ancient Hebenu.

?-1961

Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1961-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012. pp 22-23

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Bulletin 49, no. 6 (June 1962): color cover. Color Cover www.jstor.org

Carter, Martha L. Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963, 8. pl. 10. p. 8, pl. 10

Lee, Sherman E., "The Art Museum and Antiquity." Apollo 77, no. 22 (December 1963): 438. p. 438

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 3 archive.org

Selected Works: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967, pl. 3. pl. 3

Cooney, John D. "Gods Bearing Gifts for the King." CMA Bulletin 54, no. 9 (November 1967): 279-289, fig. 1. p. 279-289, fig. 1 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 3 archive.org

Silver, Adele. Guide to the Galleries: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.

Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1976." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 2 (June 1977): 39-78. p. 73, No. 5 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 13 archive.org

Kozloff, Arielle. "Guessing the Unseen from the Seen." CMA Bulletin 66, no. 9 (December 1979): 338-342, fig. 13. p. 338-342, fig. 13 www.jstor.org

Silver, Adele. Guide to the Galleries: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971; 2nd ed., rev 1981, 10-11, fig 9. p. 10-11, fig. 9

Kozloff, Arielle. An Introduction to the Art of Egypt in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983, 12. p. 12

Kozloff, Arielle. "The Egyptian Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art." Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt 125, (Spring 1984): 9. p. 9

Baines, John. Fecundicy Figures: Egyptian Personification and the Iconology of a Genre. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, and Chicago: Bolchazy-Carducci, 1985, 90, fig. 56. p. 90, fig. 56

Johnson, W. Raymond, "Images of Amenhotep III in Thebes: Styles and Intentions." In The Art of Amenhotep III: Art Historical Analysis; Papers Presented at the International Symposium Held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 34. Lawrence Michael Berman, ed. Cleveland,OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1990. p. 34

Romano, James. "A Second Look at 'Images of Amenhotep III in Thebes: Styles and Intentions' by W. Raymond Johnson." In The Art of Amenhotep III: Art Historical Analysis; Papers Presented at the International Symposium Held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 52-53. Lawrence Michael Berman, ed. Cleveland,OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1990. p. 52-53

Kozloff, Arielle. "Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World." Egyptian Archaeology 2 (1991): 22. p. 22, no. 4, pl. 2

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 4 archive.org

Interpretations: Sixty-Five Works from the Cleveland Museum of Art, no.2 (1991).

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterpieces from East and West. New York: Rizzoli International, 1992. p. 18

Kozloff, Arielle and Betsy Bryan. "Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World." Minerva 3, no.4 (July/August 1992): 27, fig. 4. p. 27, fig. 4

Delange, E. "Egypt's Dazzling Sun, Amenhotep III and His World Cleveland." BSFE 125 (October 1992): 33, fig. 3. p. 33, fig. 3

Delange, Elisabeth. "Introduction." Connaissance des Arts, special issue 36 (1993): 4, fig. 2. p. 4, fig. 2

Yoyette, Jean. "Amenophis III: Soleil des souverains." Beaux-Arts Magazine, special issue (February 1993): 7. p. 7

Bianchi, Robert Steven. "Amenophis III: Le pharaon soleil." Archeologia 288 (March 1993): 22. p. 22

Kozloff, Arielle. "Revelations from Egypt's 'Dazzling Sun.'" Chronicle of Higher Education 39, no. 30 (March 11, 1993): B3. B3

Wilkinson, Richard. Symbol and Magic in Egyptian Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994. p. 123

Siliotti, Alberto. Egypt: Splendours of an Ancient Civilization. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994. p. 54, fig. 54

Noblecourt, Christiane Desroches. Amours et fureurs de La Lointaine: Cles pours la comprehension de symboles egyptiens. Paris: Stock-Pernoud, 1995. pl. XVI

Mysliwiec, Karol. "Egypt, Ancient: Pre-Amarna Reliefs." Dictionary of Art 9, (1996): 882, fig. 60. p. 882, fig. 60

Berman, Lawrence. "Royal Allegory." CMA Members Magazine 36, no. 3 (March 1996): 9. p. 9

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 227-229, Color: p. 5; Mentioned: p. 227-231

Cleveland Museum of Art, Lawrence Michael Berman, and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Reproduced: color p. 10; Mentioned: p. 11

May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. no. 6, p. 11 & 116

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1976, Cleveland Museum of Art (February 1 - March 6, 1977).

Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 1-September 27, 1992); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (October 24, 1992-January 31, 1993); Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 2-May 31, 1993).

Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-April 14, 1996).

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Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1296), reign of Amenhotep III

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