John L. Severance Fund · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Nome Gods Bearing Offerings
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- Date
- c. 1391–1353 BCE
- Medium
- painted limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 66 x 133 cm (26 x 52 3/8 in.)
- Country / context
- Egypt
- Movement / tradition
- Middle Eastern and North African arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Middle Eastern and North African arts ↗
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.
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↗Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
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↗Master of Animals Cheekpiece
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↗Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Blue Crown
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