Soldiers Honoring Their Lord
Description
Object Label: The kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty extended Egyptian military influence from the Euphrates River in modern Iraq to sub-Saharan Africa. Their army consisted of highly trained professional soldiers led by an able officer corps drawn from the ranks of the Egyptian nobility. This relief shows a group of such soldiers resting their staves on the ground and raising their arms in a gesture of veneration toward either the ruling monarch or their general. Note the wide range of ethnic types—no doubt an accurate reflection of the composition of the Egyptian military during the New Kingdom. Caption: Soldiers Honoring Their Lord, ca. 1336–1327 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 16 7/16 x 14 7/16 in. (41.8 x 36.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 32.103. (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 relief depicting a procession of figures with raised hands.
The artifact is a limestone relief showing a group of figures in a procession, each with their hands raised towards the top of the relief. The figures are portrayed in profile and are dressed in distinct, intricate garments. The background features carved details suggesting an ornate setting.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 32.103 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3308 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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