Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Astronomical Ceiling
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 artifact depicts a detailed representation of a chariot scene with accompanying hieroglyphic texts.
This artifact features a detailed drawing of what appears to be a chariot scene. The upper portion shows a procession with figures in typical Egyptian poses, possibly depicting a royal or ceremonial event. The lower section displays several chariots with detailed, spoked wheels, which are accompanied by hieroglyphic inscriptions. The style is characteristic of Egyptian artwork with geometric repetition and well-defined iconography.
military
New Kingdom
modern_reproduction
Materials
papyrus
Signs
hawk ×3
ankh ×2
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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.