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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Headrest of Irut

Headrest of Irut

c. 2454–2140 BCE
Overall: 19.5 x 18.8 x 7.4 cm (7 11/16 x 7 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

The ancient Egyptians used wooden headrests as pillows. Stone headrests were replicas made for the tomb. This example is inscribed on the top of the supporting column for "the king’s noblewoman, Irut."
  • Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • "The Egyptian Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1, no. 1 (1914): 2 Reproduced: p. 3; mentioned: p. 2 www.jstor.org
    Capel, Anne K., and Glenn Markoe, eds. Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt. New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1996. Mentioned and Referenced: p. 156-157
    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. 145; Mentioned: p. 145-146
  • Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt . The Cincinnati Art Museum (organizer) (October 19, 1996-January 15, 1997); The Brooklyn Museum (February 20-May 18, 1997).
    San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, 16 June-16 July 1942, Vanity Fair, no. 222;
    CMA 1916, no. 70, p. 211, pl. 339;
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.626