Nebamun Receiving Wine
Description
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III–Akhenaten, A.D. 1916; original ca. 1390–1349 B.C. Tempera on paper. Facsimile: H. 92 × W. 64.5 cm (36 1/4 × 25 3/8 in.); Scale: 1:1; Frame: H. 95.4 × W. 67.6 cm (37 9/16 × 26 5/8 in.). Original from: Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky (TT181), el-Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Wine, Men, Women, Hieroglyphs, Drink-and-Be-Merry. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1930.
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.
Colorful scene painting on paper showing multiple Egyptian figures, including a central man in regal attire offering a cup or wine vessel, with others seated or standing, surrounded by hieroglyphic text panels.
The image depicts a rectangular, vertically oriented work with a cream/light background and dense blue-and-orange hieroglyphic text filling the upper portion and margins. In the lower half, several Egyptian figures are rendered in profile with distinctive wigs and painted skin tones. At center is a standing or kneeling figure with a tripartite wig and a broad collar, holding a green-handled implement and a broad-necked vessel shape near the hands, consistent with an offering/wine context. To the viewer’s right, a seated or leaning dark-haired figure in a striped garment holds a long object (possibly a staff or scepter-like item). On the left side, another figure stands with a white kilt and a headpiece (feathered or ribboned), presenting a gesture toward the offerings. A large vessel or container is positioned at the lower center/left. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible; only Egyptian hieroglyphs are present.
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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).
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