Painting of Ramesses IX before the barque of Amun from the tomb of Imiseba
Description
Tempera on paper
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 oriented Egyptian-style painting shows multiple figures and registers of colorfully rendered scenes with accompanying hieroglyphic bands across the top and scattered in the composition.
The image depicts a flat, wall-painting-like composition arranged in horizontal registers. A central barque/boat-like element with a figure in front appears in the middle-left/middle area, while on the right a larger standing/attendant royal or high-status male figure in a headdress and striped garment faces toward the center. Several smaller figures and processional scenes appear in the left half, including a cluster of repeated small standing figures within a framed section. Color is predominantly ochre/yellow background with reds, greens, blues, and black outlines typical of illustrated reconstructions or painted copies. Hieroglyphs are visible as continuous decorative bands along the upper register; individual signs are present but too small/blurred for reliable identification of specific names beyond the general presence of hieroglyphic text. No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic script is visible. A royal cartouche is not clearly legible at this resolution, and the specific identification as Ramesses IX and Imiseba cannot be confirmed from readable inscriptions in the provided image.
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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