Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragments of Two Hyenas, Tomb of Intef
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.
Fragments depicting animal heads, possibly from a mural or relief.
The image shows two fragments of possibly painted wall plaster with colorful depictions of animal heads. The left fragment appears to show a predatory animal with a sharp open mouth, while the right fragment has a large bird head. The art style suggests dynamic expressions, typical of ancient Egyptian naturalistic representations. The background appears plain, with the fragment edges rough and irregular. It likely belongs to a larger composition, possibly a tomb or temple scene.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
plaster
Connections
Materials
Plaster
Cross-references (4)
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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.