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Carving
Limestone relief depicting a shaven-headed, bowing priest.Priests in Egypt did not preach and had no parishioners to instruct. A priest's duty was to serve the god who dwelt in the temple statue. To be pure, a priest had to make his ablutions twice daily and twice during the night. He was completely shaven, shorn and plucked. Priests acquired a great deal of power in Egyptian society through their managing the lands of the god and their revenues.
Production Primary Date:
Eighteenth Dynasty/New Kingdom/Egyptian/Mediterranean/Early Western World/Periods by Region
Provenance Place:
Tel el Amarna, Egypt
E36.1
Details
- Provenance Place
- Tel el Amarna, Egypt
- Cultural Group
- Egyptian
- Measurements
- 215 x 205 x 180mm
- Media/Materials
- Limestone, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- Gift of Egypt Exploration Society; Tūhura Otago Museum Collection
- Rights
- CC BY-NC/Creative Commons, CC BY-NC/Creative Commons
- Department
- Antiquities
- Accession Number
- E36.1
- On Display
- Yes
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