Water Plants
Description
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, A.D. 1914–1916; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Tempera on paper. H. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in); w. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in), scale 1:1. Original from: Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39), el-Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA Graphic Section, 1914-1916. Subject: Plants. 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.
A painted depiction on paper showing water plants emerging from or floating among water, with stylized orange-green elements and a torn/fragmentary background wash.
The image is a rectangular, off-white sheet with a watercolor/tempera-like painting. Across the center and upper half, several lotus or water-plant forms with orange and green segmented petals/leaves rise from a pale watery area. The lower half shows additional plant elements, including green stems and darker orange/red leaf shapes, rendered in a loose, decorative style. The background is largely cream to light tan with faint, cloudlike or washed areas, suggesting either aged paper or a sketch-like composition rather than an inscribed artifact. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or readable text are visible anywhere on the sheet. A small marking appears near the bottom right (looks like an ink or pencil inventory number), but no clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is legible.
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