Male Offering Bearer

c. 667–647 BC

Male Offering Bearer, c. 667–647 BC. Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, Dynasty 26. Limestone; overall: 35.3 x 21.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.497 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. This offering bearer was part of a larger procession, with traces of objects on either side.