The Goddess Nekhbet, Temple of Hatshepsut
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.
A depiction of a winged figure, likely a deity, with colorful wings spread widely.
The image depicts a vibrantly colored winged figure, possibly representing a goddess or divine being, such as Nekhbet or Mut, common in Egyptian iconography. The wings are detailed with blue and red feathers and an elaborate design in the center of the figure, which suggests a protective role. The background features patterns and symbols typical of ancient Egyptian artistic style, surrounded by traces of hieroglyphs at the top of the panel. The artwork appears to be part of a larger wall or surface, indicating it may have been part of a temple or tomb decoration.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247627 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.4.138 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544559 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.