Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · relief_fragment

Ipuy and Wife Receive Offerings from Their Children (substantially restored)

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Tempera on paper. framed: h. 51.1 cm (20 1/8 in); w. 77.2 cm (30 3/8 in) facsimile: h. 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in); w. 74 cm (29 1/8 in) scale 1:3. From: Deir el-Medina, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Men, Women, Hieroglyphs. 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.

A brightly colored, painting-like scene shows two men and two women seated or standing before an offering table, with Egyptian wall-like hieroglyphic text filling the background.

The image depicts a funerary/offerings composition typical of New Kingdom non-royal tomb wall art. On the left, a seated woman with a blue-and-black striped wig and a white garment extends offerings or gestures toward the center. Next to her, a seated man with a striped wig and a white/red garment holds or receives items at a low offering table. On the right, two standing figures (a man and a woman) also wear striped wigs and brightly patterned white garments and breast ornaments; one man appears to raise one hand in a gesture consistent with presentation/receiving. Between them and in front of the offering table are depicted food/offerings, including a patterned basket or pile of items and several vessels/objects arranged on white rectangular stands. The background is covered with densely packed black hieroglyphs in rows within a yellow/beige field; no clearly legible royal cartouche or specific deity name is confidently identifiable at this resolution. A small dog or jackal figure appears near the lower-left on a black platform, possibly part of the household/afterlife symbolism rather than a clearly identifiable named deity. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The catalogue notes the object is substantially restored; the painted nature and restored look align with the presentation as an artwork on paper.

daily life New Kingdom, Ramesside period (as per catalogue); likely Deir el-Medina context for non-royal tomb/ostracon-style imagery good
Materials painted/colored pigmentpaper support (not directly verifiable but consistent with catalogue)
Signs Hieroglyphic signs in the background text field (individual signs not clearly legible enough to record specific Gardiner codes) ×60

Connections

Found at Deir el-Medina

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116274955 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.4.114 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548567 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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