Royal Offering Bearer
Description
Object Label: When complete, the scene to which these two fragments belonged showed a long procession of female offering bearers. One figure carries a tall basket and the other brings a tray. In each case the contents are obscured by a cloth, but similar scenes indicate that these gifts were offerings of food. The Egyptians believed that food and drink were required to ensure the deceased’s continued existence in the afterlife. Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Royal Offering Bearer, ca. 2008–1957 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 9 1/16 x 12 1/2 in. (23 x 31.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 53.178. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A carved and painted limestone relief depicting a man carrying a large sack.
The relief shows a male figure in profile, holding a large bulging sack over his shoulder. The man is portrayed with stylized features typical of Egyptian art, including a large eye and a prominent nose. The colors are predominantly earthy tones, with details in black for the hair. The figure's muscles and posture suggest movement and strength, common themes in representations of laborers in ancient Egypt.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 53.178 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3590 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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