Fragment of a Jubilee Scene
Description
Object Label: Amunhotep IV's cloak and the curved scepter in front of his face indicate that this detail once showed the king participating in the sed-festival, an ancient rite of royal renewal celebrated in Egypt since before Dynasty 1 (circa 3000–2800 B.C.). Amunhotep IV's first festival occurred at Karnak in the fourth or fifth year of his reign, just before he moved the capital to el Amarna and changed is name to Akhenaten. Caption: Fragment of a Jubilee Scene, ca. 1352–1347 B.C.E.. Sandstone, pigment, 6 9/16 x 9 13/16 x 1 3/16 in. (16.7 x 25 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 64.197.1. (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.
Rounded sandstone fragment carved in low relief with a standing male figure against radiating, fan-like motif panels, consistent with a jubilee-style relief scene layout.
The image shows a curved, rounded fragment of stone with carved low-relief details. On the left, a partially preserved standing human-like figure is visible from the waist up: the figure faces forward with one arm bent and the other arm extending downward/forward; the head and facial features are simplified and worn. Behind and around the figure are radiating, diagonal strip-like elements forming a fan or curtain pattern. On the right, further incised striping and a small rectangular block of detail are visible, but most surrounding context is missing due to breakage. No clearly legible hieroglyphs are visible, and no color pigment remains strongly identifiable in the photograph (though traces cannot be ruled out). No cartouche or royal name is confidently discernible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 64.197.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3731 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.