Detail from a Row of Foreigners
Description
Object Label: The feathered headdress and distinctive facial features identify this man as a Nubian, an inhabitant of the land south of Egypt. Comparable figures on more complete scenes indicate that this fragment originally showed rows of Nubians, Syrians and Canaanites kneeling and extending their arms in adoration of Akhenaten. Provenance: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Detail from a Row of Foreigners, ca. 1353–1336 B.C.E.. Sandstone, 9 3/16 x 7 3/16 x 2 7/16 in. (23.3 x 18.2 x 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 74.154. (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.
Stone relief fragment showing a robed figure and additional carved elements in a register-like composition; some vertical/delimited lines and faint marks suggest inscription or costume details.
The photograph shows a broken fragment of light brown sandstone with a carved scene in low relief. Centered is a human figure facing toward the viewer’s left, depicted with a prominent head and a raised arm/hand shape. Behind and around the figure are linear bands and short incised lines that may belong to the surrounding border or to clothing/attributes rather than readable text. There are also small grouped incisions near the figure’s torso and arm that could be part of a narrative “row of foreigners” composition, but they are not clearly legible as specific hieroglyphs. No cartouche or name is discernible, and no clearly identifiable deities are visible. The surface is worn/abraded in places, limiting confidence in identifying exact symbols.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 74.154 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3839 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.
- 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.