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Relief Fragment Showing a Priest with an Incense Burner

Accession: 22.216
Dynasty: 26th Dynasty
Reign: Psametik I-Necho II
Date: ca. 664-610 BCE (Late Period, 26th dynasty, reign of Psamtek I)
Date range: 676 BCE – 638 BCE
Materials: ['limestone']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Relief Fragment Showing a Priest with an Incense Burner (22.216). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/219996

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<p>A mortuary priest, traditionally clothed in animal skin and long kilt, performs the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual, an essential part of the funeral ceremony in which the mummy is restored to life. Behind the priest is a table with special tools for the rites. He makes an offering and burns incense before the upright mummy (missing). This finely sculpted fragment comes from the tomb of the vizier Nes-pa-ka-shuty, a government official whose power was second only to that of the king (TT 312). It demonstrates the elegant style of the 26th Dynasty.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.216' rel='external'>Relief Fragment Showing a Priest with an Incense Burner</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Walters-AccNum 22.216 tier-2
Walters-id 1605 tier-2

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