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

Detail of a Wild Feline, Tomb of Khnumhotep

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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.

Depiction of a red fox with significant artistic detailing.

The artifact depicts a red fox with elegant proportions and a smooth, flowing body. The style is naturalistic, capturing the animal's alert posture and elongated form against a simple background. Notable features include the fox's ears and bushy tail which are painted in a vibrant red. The composition is balanced and emphasizes the fox's distinctive features, indicative of careful craftsmanship.

decorative unclear excellent
Materials paint on plaster or similar surface

Connections

Found at Beni Hasan

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185040 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.8.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544547 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.
  • 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.