Offering Scene of [Amun?]emhet
Description
Object Label: This fragmentary scene depicts a man named Amunemhat and his wife. Both face an offering table covered with different kinds of bread and a bunch of green onions. Amunemhat raises his arms in reverence toward a figure, now lost, on the opposite side of the table. This figure may have been the god Osiris or perhaps the owner of the tomb, most likely Amunemhat’s father. In the latter case, Amunemhat’s gesture would indicate his responsibility for maintaining the parents’ funerary cult, the traditional duty of a tomb owner’s eldest son. Caption: Offering Scene of [Amun?]emhet, ca. 1479–1400 B.C.E.. Sandstone, 14 15/16 × 11 13/16 × 3 3/4 in., 29.5 lb. (38 × 30 × 9.5 cm, 13.38kg) mount (dimensions as installed): 15 1/2 × 12 × 4 in. (39.4 × 30.5 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1352E.
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- Brooklyn 37.1352E PNM text
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 showing a standing male figure presenting offerings or being shown with a ritual/offerings table, accompanied by Egyptian hieroglyphic text elements around the scene.
The image depicts a rectangular sandstone block carved in low relief. Centered is a standing human figure with a bearded, wig-like hairstyle, wearing a short kilt and holding one or two objects in front of the body (one looks like a short staff/implement). To the figure’s right stands a tall, vertical offering-stand or column-like element with a ledge at the top. Behind/around the figure are stylized hieroglyphic signs, including a pair of upright signs near the top corners and other fragmented sign forms at mid-height and left. On the left side, near the edge, there is an elongated, rounded sign and a small cluster of symbols; the lower left contains additional sign traces. No clearly legible full cartouche is visible, and the specific name 'Amunemhet' or any deity name are not discernible with certainty from the available resolution. The Greek/Coptic/Arabic scripts are not present; only hieroglyphic carving is visible. Overall carving is worn but preserves the main figure and the offering/stand structure typical of an offering scene.
Cross-references (3)
- BKM-Accession 37.1352E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4142 tier-2
- PNM-Object pnm:83916505 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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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