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Netting Birds, 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.

An Egyptian wall painting depicting a marsh scene with bird hunting.

The artifact is a brightly colored wall painting showing a nobleman in a papyrus boat wielding a throwing stick, accompanied by a smaller figure. The scene vividly portrays a marsh teeming with birds and fish, captured in dynamic, natural poses. The composition displays a high level of detail, characteristic of New Kingdom artwork. The nobleman appears significantly larger than the accompanying figure, emphasizing social hierarchy.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials plasterpaint
Signs reed shelter water ripple ×5
Visible text "unknown"

Connections

Found at Beni Hasan
Materials PaintPlaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185042 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 33.8.18 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544550 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.