Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians (380–343 BCE): Art, History and Details

Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians (380–343 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This fragment of relief formed part of a lintel over the door of a small niche or shrine in the tomb of a man called Hapiu. Two female musicians are shown on either side of a large stand bearing a floral arrangement. The first woman, wearing a long coat, beats a drum; the second, scantily clad, plucks a lyre, dancing as she plays.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment of a Lintel: Hapiu's Female Musicians
• Date: 380–343 BCE
• Culture: Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: limestone
• Dimensions: Overall: 27.2 x 3.5 cm (10 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Egypt - Late Period
• Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Accession number: 1914.542

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.

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