Relief from the tomb of Queen Neferu: parts of one female and one male attendant (see 26.3.353-1)
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, reign of Mentuhotep II, early, ca. 2051–2030 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 23 x W. 29 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.). From: Tomb of Neferu (TT 319, MMA 31), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–25. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1926.
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.
Fragmentary painted limestone relief showing the lower bodies and feet of two attendants/figures, with a band of incised hieroglyphs across the scene.
The image depicts a broken limestone relief panel recovered as scattered portions. The surviving composition includes the lower halves of two standing human figures: at left, a bent/forward leg and bare foot are visible with traces of paint; at center-right, another leg and foot are preserved along with part of a vertical border/edge. Across the lower register there is an incised hieroglyphic band containing small signs; individual characters are difficult to read because of breakage and weathering. No clearly identifiable royal cartouche or full name is visible in the fragment. No distinct deity iconography (e.g., personified gods or crowns) is preserved. The catalogued subject is a relief from the tomb of Queen Neferu showing parts of one female and one male attendant; the visible human lower-body relief and attendant-like scale are consistent in general with that description, though the specific identities of the attendants and any associated inscriptions cannot be confirmed from this fragment alone.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116443615 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.3.353m tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 590354 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.