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

Djehutyemhab and his Wife Worshipping Amun-Re-Harakhty, Tomb of Djehutyemhab

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Description

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside, original Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, 1908; original ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Tempera on paper. Facsimile H. 54 cm (21 1/4 in); w. 60 cm (23 5/8 in) scale 1:3 Framed H. 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in); w. 61.6 cm (24 1/4 in). Original from: Tomb of Djehutyemhab (TT 45), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA Graphic Section, December 1908. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.

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 Egyptian-style wall scene showing figures in registers with Osirid-like ritual elements and abundant hieroglyphic columns; the image appears to be a modern/20th-century tempera painting laid on paper rather than an original New Kingdom tomb wall.

The artifact image depicts an Egyptian ceremonial composition with multiple registers: on the left a seated/standing figure wearing a blue headpiece holds a staff-like implement; a central larger standing/raising figure in a red/orange garment holds a blue-striped offering/ritual item; to the right another standing/worshipping figure faces inward toward a group. In the upper band, several deities or divine figures are represented standing in front of hieroglyphic text columns. The central/middle registers include a bed/chest-like funerary furnishing and surrounding attendants, while the lower area is partially obscured by loss of paint. The background is filled with tightly packed hieroglyphic columns; individual signs are too small/unclear to reliably identify to Gardiner numbers. No clearly legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. Overall condition is consistent with a painting reproduction/derivative rather than an intact ancient wall, with large areas of flaking/abrasion and a general plate-like look.

religious Twentieth Century (modern tempera on paper, after/associated with Ramesside New Kingdom tomb material per catalogue) poor
Deities Amun-Re-Harakhty (depicted deity names not clearly legible in this image)unknown/unclear Egyptian deities in upper register
Materials tempera paintpaper support
Signs unknown hieroglyphic signs (text columns present but individual signs not legible enough for secure identification) ×50

Connections

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116432766 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.5.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 557833 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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