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. Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Relief of the Theban Divine Family, ca. 710–670 B.C.E.. Sandstone, 28 9/16 x 27 3/16 x 2 3/16 in. (72.5 x 69 x 5.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 87.184.1. (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.
Rectangular sandstone relief showing an enthroned male deity/figure beneath elaborate hieroglyphic registers, with additional standing figures and offerings on the sides.
The artifact is a carved rectangular panel in sunk relief bordered by a vertical frame of hieroglyphs. In the center, a seated, wig- or headdress-wearing male figure sits on a low throne-like seat, holding a long implement (rod/staff) in one hand and a small object in the other. Behind/around the figure are tightly carved hieroglyphic signs and architectural-like elements. On the right side, two hands/raised arms belonging to attendant figures or ritual participants are shown above a column of vertically stacked signs; on the left side, another figure’s legs/upper body and an offering/ritual staff are partially visible near a tall vertical column of hieroglyphs. The relief is accompanied by extensive text in multiple vertical and horizontal groupings, but the image resolution does not allow secure reading of specific royal cartouches. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 87.184.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3926 tier-2
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