Attendants of Hatshepsut New KingdomThebes (Deir el-Bahri), Egypt
Description
Object Label: The zigzag pattern on the band at the top of this fragment represents water. The original scene showed a religious procession of boats carrying statues of gods and kings. The two men depicted in this fragment were part of a long line of priests and royal attendants who accompanied the flotilla on the bank of the river or canal, each carrying a long staff and a small bouquet. The regular celebration of processions such as the one depicted here reinforced the Egyptians’ idea of cyclical time and the eternal repetition of events. Caption: Attendants of Hatshepsut, ca. 1478–1458 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 11 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 9/16 in. (30 x 15 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 74.98.2. (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.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 74.98.2 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3836 tier-2
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