Relief with Netherworld Deities New KingdomSaqqara, Egypt
Description
Object Label: This relief from the tomb of Yepu, a high official, represents The Book of the Dead, Spell 145, in which the deceased approaches the fourth and sixth gates of the netherworld. The words that the deceased should recite when approaching them are inscribed here along with the gates themselves and guardian deities. The wealthier the individual, the more these valuable spells would be supplied in multiple, redundant forms; in addition to this relief on his tomb wall, Yepu likely also had a Book of the Dead papyrus to help him remember all of the spells when he reached the netherworld. Caption: Relief with Netherworld Deities, ca. 1336–1250 B.C.E.. Limestone, 10 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 24 3/8 in., 41.5 lb. (27.6 × 6.4 × 61.9 cm, 18.82kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1487E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1487E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4159 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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