Attendants of Hatshepsut
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
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.
Photograph of a carved limestone fragment showing Egyptian-style figures in relief and a dense field of incised/damaged hieroglyphs across the top and background area.
The image depicts a vertically oriented limestone block fragment with weathering and breakage, retaining the lower right corner and most of the central scene. A standing male attendant figure is visible in low relief (arms raised/held forward in front of the torso), with a short kilt and a head/upper-body element rendered in shallow carving. At the top, a row/zone of hieroglyphs is cut into the stone; additional hieroglyph-like marks and lines appear behind and around the figures, though much is eroded and not fully readable. The surface also shows traces of pigment or staining in recessed areas, consistent with painted relief. No clearly legible cartouche or royal titulary is visible at the resolution provided. There is no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 74.98.2 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3836 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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