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-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A carved limestone tablet depicting scenes with human figures and hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a limestone relief featuring a detailed depiction of human figures engaged in an activity. The carving is intricate, with figures positioned in dynamic poses, and is surrounded by a series of hieroglyphic inscriptions. The style is typical of Egyptian relief art, with precise lines and well-defined shapes. Notably, the figures are wearing traditional garments, and various hieroglyphic symbols fill the spaces around the central figures.
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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