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

Hunting Scene, Tomb of Ineni

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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 hunting scene where animals, including a dog and a hound-headed figure, pursue deer.

This artwork portrays a dynamic hunting scene featuring a black dog and a bipedal hound-headed figure wielding a weapon. They are chasing two deer, which are pierced by arrows. The composition is lively, with a strong sense of motion, and the style suggests a possible fresco or papyrus drawing. The color palette includes reds, blacks, and browns with notable deterioration, indicating age.

daily life New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials paintpapyrus

Connections

Materials PaintPapyrus

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185048 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.4.52 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544557 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.