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Relief Depicting the Nurse Tia

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Description

Talatat, nurse Tia. New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Limestone, paint. h. 23.1 cm (9 1/8 in); w. 54 cm (21 1/4 in); th. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in). Probably from: Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Middle Egypt. Subject: Bread, Hands, Women. Credit: Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1985.

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 limestone relief showing two human figures in side-by-side profile, with a raised, crosshatched wig/hood on the central figure and hieroglyph-like strokes beneath or beside the figures.

The image depicts a horizontally oriented, weathered limestone relief panel with traces of red and pale/black pigment. On the right side is a male- or adult-presenting figure in profile with a wig/possibly a headpiece indicated by fine, closely spaced lines and a simple facial outline; on the left is another figure partly abraded, also in profile. Beneath/around the figures there are vertical and angular incised/painted strokes that resemble hieroglyphic signs, but the individual signs are not fully legible due to abrasion and low contrast. No clear cartouche or royal name is visible. There is no legible non-hieroglyphic script (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) on the provided image.

religious New Kingdom, Amarna period (as catalogued), though specific sub-dating cannot be confirmed from this image alone fragmentary
Deities unknown
Materials limestonepaint (red and light pigments)
Signs unknown hieroglyphic signs (indistinct strokes) ×5

Connections

Found at Hermopolis
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247574 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1985.328.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544674 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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