Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Facsimile painting from the temple of Mentuhotep II
Description
Tempera on paper
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.
The image shows a fragment of an ancient Egyptian mural depicting the lower legs of a figure.
This painting fragment displays the lower legs of a figure with a meticulous attention to detail in skin tone and muscle definition, typical of ancient Egyptian wall art. The background features a palette of ochres and greens, indicating the use of mineral pigments. The painted decoration includes elements that suggest clothing or a throne, featuring geometric and symbolic patterns. The fragment's edges indicate it was part of a larger composition, likely from a tomb or temple wall.
unclear
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
plasterpaint
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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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