Neferhotep and Wife Offering, Tomb of Neferhotep
Description
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Aya, ca. 1327–1323 B.C. Tempera on paper. Facsimile: 77 × 60 cm (30 5/16 × 23 5/8 in.), Scale 2:3, Frame: 81.9 × 64.5 cm (32 1/4 × 25 3/8 in.). From: Tomb of Neferhotep (TT 49), el-Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1931.
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 funerary/offering scene on a rectangular surface showing three human figures—one central man and a woman—raising arms and presenting offerings, with a column of hieroglyphs along the left and a wall-band of hieroglyphs at the top.
The image depicts an Egyptian wall-painting style scene framed by borders. Across the top is a decorative band with rows of vertical rectangular motifs and pigment traces. Below it, two large offering/figure registers dominate the composition. On the left, a kneeling/standing male figure raises one hand toward an offering table holding a goblet-like object; next to him is the central standing or striding man, wearing a blue-and-gold patterned garment and a necklace/wide collar, lifting one or both hands in an offering gesture while holding a lotus-like or bowl-like element. On the right, a second figure—appearing female or another person—stands with a patterned wig/covering and holds a similar offering vessel. At far left, a smaller nude/draped figure kneels with arms raised, and at the lower left a small animal-like or offering element appears. A dense column of black hieroglyphs runs down the left side of the scene, with additional hieroglyph-like text blocks in the central background behind/around the central figures. No clear cartouche is legible at this resolution. Pigment losses, especially on faces and garments, suggest an aged or restored painting on a light ground. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
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