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

Bench Side-Panel Depicting a Calf in the Marshes

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Description

Mud plaster, paint

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.

Fragmentary wall painting depicting a hunting scene with stylized animals.

The image shows a fragmentary section of a wall painting, featuring a stylized red-hued lion or similar animal in motion, possibly part of a hunting scene. The artwork displays vibrant use of color, including reds, blues, and yellows, typical of decorative compositions from Egyptian tombs or temples. Significant portions of the painting are missing or eroded, indicating its age and fragility.

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials plaster

Connections

Found at Malqata
Materials Plaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244628 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 11.215.453 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544503 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.