Offerings Made to the Deceased and his Wife, Tomb of Djehutyemheb
Scenes of the deceased seated at an offering table or receiving offerings of food from their children represent the outcome of Egyptian funerary rites. The dead have achieved blessed status through ritual, and now receive the sustenance that allows them to survive eternally.
The eldest son was responsible for the funeral and cult of the deceased. To the left, the eldest son of Djehutyemhab extends a tall bouquet to his father, whose image is only partly preserved. Other children follow bringing fruit, fish, birds, and a small calf.
On the right, Djehutyemhab and his wife, Baketkhonsu, are seated before an offering table.
Djehutyemhab took over an unfinished tomb from an earlier owner. Here, the earlier multicolored hieroglyphs contrast with Djehutyemhab’s simple red additions.
The eldest son was responsible for the funeral and cult of the deceased. To the left, the eldest son of Djehutyemhab extends a tall bouquet to his father, whose image is only partly preserved. Other children follow bringing fruit, fish, birds, and a small calf.
On the right, Djehutyemhab and his wife, Baketkhonsu, are seated before an offering table.
Djehutyemhab took over an unfinished tomb from an earlier owner. Here, the earlier multicolored hieroglyphs contrast with Djehutyemhab’s simple red additions.
Artwork Details
- Title: Offerings Made to the Deceased and his Wife, Tomb of Djehutyemheb
- Artist: Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941)
- Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside
- Dynasty: original Dynasty 19
- Reign: reign of Ramesses II
- Date: 1908; original ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Djehutyemhab (TT 45), MMA Graphic Section, 1908
- Medium: Tempera on paper
- Dimensions: H.74 × L.171 cm (29 1/8 × 67 5/16 in.)
framed: H. 76.5 × L.173.6 cm (30 1/8 × 68 3/8 in.) - Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915
- Object Number: 15.5.15
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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Norman de Garis Davies
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Norman de Garis Davies
ca. 1897–1878 B.C.
Norman de Garis Davies
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Norman de Garis Davies
A.D. 1915; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Norman de Garis Davies
A.D. 1917; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
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