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

Festival Scene, Tomb of Amenmose

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Description

Facsimile, Amenmose (TT 19). New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses I–Ramesses II, ca. 1295–1213 B.C. Tempera on paper. Facsimile: H. 75 cm (29 1/2 in); W. 196 cm (77 3/16 in), scale 1:1; Framed: H. 78.1 cm (30 3/4 in.); W. 199.1 cm (78 3/8 in.). From: Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1932.

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 horizontally composed, painted Egyptian scene shows multiple registers of figures in procession and offerings around a central architectural facade, with brightly colored decorative elements and a smaller interior vignette above.

The image depicts a wide, mural-like painting divided into zones. In the upper register, a framed architectural facade with columns and a doorway is shown, and inside it appear seated or standing figures with offerings. In the middle/lower zones, there is a dense procession of uniformed/ceremonial attendants holding ritual implements and offering items on stands. Several small human figures move along the scene and present offerings to a central area. The lower right contains additional standing figures and small motifs, while the far right includes vertical decorative elements resembling columns or structural uprights. Colors include cream/tan backgrounds and extensive use of red, blue, green, and yellow for garments, furniture, and patterned borders. No clearly legible hieroglyphic text is visible at this resolution; there are decorative blocks and schematic marks consistent with tomb painting conventions, but individual signs cannot be confidently identified. The overall style is consistent with New Kingdom Ramesside-period tomb painting, matching the catalogue’s description of a festival scene in the Tomb of Amenmose, though the specific Amenmose name/cartouche is not visible/confirmable here.

religious New Kingdom (Ramesside period), likely 19th Dynasty good
Materials painted surfacetempera (catalogue ground truth)

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Materials Painted Surface

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116415538 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 32.6.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548569 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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