Relief of Mourners Before a Tomb
Description
Object Label: Members of the wealthier ranks hired professional mourners for their funeral rituals. These could include both women and men. In addition to performing stylized motions, they may have also sung or made other sounds during the funeral. The mourners in this relief are in the courtyard in front of a tomb entrance, represented on the right. This relief comes from a tomb, where it guaranteed perpetual mourning for the deceased. Caption: Relief of Mourners Before a Tomb, ca. 1295–1190 B.C.E.. Limestone, 16 9/16 x 12 3/16 x 2 3/8 in. (42 x 31 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1504E. (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 limestone relief depicting a seated figure with raised arms in a worship gesture.
The artifact is a carved limestone relief showing a seated figure, possibly a deity or a high-status individual, with arms raised. The composition includes a large central column, decorative elements, and a structure on the right. The scene is detailed with linear carvings and depicts typical ancient Egyptian artistic style with a focus on religious iconography.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1504E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4166 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.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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