Riverside Scene
Description
Object Label: Part of this boat moored along the Nile appears in the lower left corner of this relief. Next to the boat a farmer, carrying two large water jars suspended from a pole, climbs the steep riverbank. His goal is the irrigated field, arranged in square plots, at the far right. In the scene at the very top, a shipbuilder smoothes a wooden plank. Caption: Riverside Scene, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 9 1/4 × 15 × 1 11/16 in. (23.5 × 38.1 × 4.3 cm) mount (m1: wall mount on board): 11 3/4 × 17 1/2 × 3 in. (29.8 × 44.5 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 65.16. (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 fragment depicts scenes from daily life in ancient Egypt with figures involved in domestic activities.
The artifact is a limestone relief fragment showing two distinct scenes. In the upper portion, a seated figure appears to be engaged in food preparation or brewing, while a second figure stands nearby. Below, a figure is depicted carrying bags or containers, with a riverboat nearby, indicating a scene of transportation or trade. The style is characteristic of typical daily life vignettes seen in ancient Egyptian art, with linear carvings filled with red pigment.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 65.16 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3738 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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