Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a Hunting Scene, 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.
A depiction of hunting dogs chasing a spotted deer from an ancient Egyptian tomb.
The image features a dynamic scene from an Egyptian tomb, illustrating a hunting procession with dogs chasing a spotted deer. The style is typical of Egyptian tomb art, using bold outlines and flat colors, emphasizing movement and action. The scene shows naturalistic elements, such as the spotted pattern on the deer's coat, which is rendered with attention to detail.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
paintplaster
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.
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