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Priests Performing Funeral Rites

c. 667–647 BCE
limestone
Overall: 36.1 x 37.5 cm (14 3/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.287
Location: 107 Egyptian
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Attendant pouring a libation for the deceased. In the style of the Old Kingdom, its prototype is in the Temple of Deir el Bahari where the figures are reversed.
Priests Performing Funeral Rites

Priests Performing Funeral Rites

c. 667–647 BCE

Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasties 25–26

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