Relief of Khamwasemen and His Wife Seated at the Table of Offerings with Standing Priest
Description
Object Label: In this relief, the deceased and his wife sit before an offering table while a priest stands opposite them reciting a prayer inscribed in hieroglyphs below. Six women with an uncertain relationship to the deceased sit behind the priest. They are dressed for a feast and perhaps share in the offerings. Middle-ranking officials included many relatives and friends in their tombs as a way of pooling limited resources. Caption: Relief of Khamwasemen and His Wife Seated at the Table of Offerings with Standing Priest, ca. 1292–1075 B.C.E.. Limestone, 29 x 43 x 7 1/2 in., 520 lb. (73.7 x 109.2 x 19.1 cm, 235.87kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.35E. (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.
Photograph of a carved limestone relief showing multiple standing and kneeling figures and rows of hieroglyphs; a central offering-table scene is suggested by the composition but individual labels are unclear.
The image shows a rectangular limestone relief panel with worn but discernible carved figures occupying the upper register. A central figure stands or is closely grouped with attendants, while additional figures to either side appear to hold or gesture toward offerings. Beneath the figures is a horizontal band densely filled with hieroglyphic signs in vertical lines. Facial features, clothing, and staff/implement shapes are visible in silhouette but are too worn to confidently identify specific named individuals or deities. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The overall layout is consistent with New Kingdom-style offering/ritual reliefs where a named person and a priest appear with hieroglyphic captioning, though the specific motif of “Khamwasemen and His Wife” cannot be verified from the image quality alone.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.35E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3944 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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