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

Man with a Bow Case and Quiver

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Description

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, A.D. 1915; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Tempera on paper. H. 28 cm (11 in); w. 18 cm (7 1/16 in), scale 1:1. Original from: Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39), el-Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA Graphic Section, 1915. Subject: Men. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1930.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Painted figure of a man holding or presenting a bow and related equipment (bow case/quiver), shown from the torso to legs against an aged, torn-paper-like background.

The image shows a polychrome painted figure in Egyptian style: a standing male with a white/red face profile and a decorated garment. Large reddish-brown and dark bands appear across the torso and legs. A prominent curved dark-red object is positioned along the figure’s left side, with layered strap/band-like elements and a shield-like red element near the upper body, consistent with a bow case and quiver carrying apparatus. The background appears as off-white paper with irregular abrasions/tears and faint stains, suggesting a mounted drawing or reproduction. A small printed or painted catalogue number/date appears at the lower right margin (reads like “30.4-216”, exact characters slightly unclear). No clearly legible hieroglyphs, or cartouches are visible, and there is no identifiable Greek/Coptic/Arabic text.

daily life New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth: original New Kingdom; image itself looks like a modern painted/archival drawing rather than an original ancient object) fragmentary
Materials paperpaint (tempera/gouache-like)polychrome pigmentswood pulp/aged backing visible

Connections

Found at el-Khokha
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