Bench End-Panel from a shelf support in the Palace of Amenhotep III-Fruit Stand

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.

Painted plaster panel fragment showing a large red human/figure-like form surrounded by vertical white architectural elements or panels and a band of short horizontal marks near the center.

The image depicts a rectangular wall/bench-end panel made of mud plaster with extensive flaking and loss, bordered by remnants of a pale plaster surround. Within the central field, a dominant red shape (likely part of a painted figure or symbolic motif) is preserved, with darker red outlines and internal details that are too fragmented to identify confidently as specific iconography. Around the red element are several vertical, pale/white strokes or raised plaster strips that resemble stylized architectural uprights or side panels, consistent with a carved/painted support or bench-end composition. A row of short, evenly spaced horizontal lines/bands appears across the mid-lower portion of the red area, but the remaining context is insufficient to interpret it as readable hieroglyphs or a definite register. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or royal titulary are visible; small red paint remnants near the top also fail to resolve into text. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic script is visible. Condition is fragmentary, with major surface loss and cracking, exposing underlying beige material. The overall New Kingdom palace-wall decorative style matches the museum’s stated provenance and function as a bench-end panel in Malqata, though the exact iconography cannot be securely determined from this photograph alone.