Relief of the Theban Divine Family
Description
Object Label: The relief on the right depicts the God's Wife of Amun Amunirdis I, making an offering of Ma'at to the god Amun-Re. Behind Amun-Re stands Khonsu, his son by his chief consort Mut. These three divinities comprise the divine family of the Theban region. The relief on the left shows Amun-Re and Mut. Because the two scenes are comparable though reversed, it seems likely that Amun-Re and Mut faced another God's Wife of Amun. The shallow sunk relief and the treatment of the faces are typical of Twenty-fifth Dynasty reliefs found on the small chapels in Thebes. Provenance: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Relief of the Theban Divine Family, ca. 710–670 B.C.E.. Sandstone, 28 15/16 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (73.5 x 79 x 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 87.184.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Stone relief showing two standing male figures with offerings and surrounding vertical columns of Egyptian hieroglyphs; additional damaged architectural/temple-like motifs appear in the background registers.
The artifact is a rectangular block of carved relief with multiple vertical text columns on the right side and smaller architectural or emblem-like blocks on the upper left. In the main register, two human figures are depicted in profile facing inward: a left figure stands seated/half-seated at a block or low platform with an arm raised holding or presenting an object, and a right figure stands with one arm extended toward the left figure. Both figures wear short kilts and have stylized wigs. Behind/above the left figure are small emblem/doorway-like forms, and between/near the figures are narrow bands and vertical elements associated with the relief’s structured layout. The hieroglyphs are clearly visible in several vertical lines on the right; however, most glyphs are too worn/ambiguous in the provided image to confidently transcribe a specific phrase or royal name. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The overall style and the presence of a religiously themed figure pair with extensive hieroglyphic text broadly match the catalogue’s “Relief of the Theban Divine Family,” though the image does not provide enough legible detail to confirm specific members of the divine family (names or iconographic attributes) with certainty.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 87.184.2 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3927 tier-2
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