Water Fowl
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. 17 cm (6 11/16 in); w. 19 cm (7 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: Birds. 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.
The image shows a painted scene on paper of Egyptian-style water birds, including a large bird with a curved neck and wing feathers rendered in warm browns, reds, and whites. Part of a second bird is visible at left, and Egyptian-style decorative elements appear near the birds.
A square/rectangular sheet depicts a stylized Egyptian water-fowl composition. On the right, a large bird faces left with a curved neck; its body is white with warm ochre shading, and the wing and tail areas show patterned bands in reddish-brown and pale tones. At the left, another bird or bird body segment is partially visible, likewise with orange-brown patterned feathering and a white ground. Background areas are a light beige wash. Small dark patterned marks (possibly decorative lines) appear near the lower left. No clear formal hieroglyphic inscription blocks are legible, but there is a small cluster of ink-like marks at the bottom center that could be a reference number; it is not clearly readable as hieroglyphs. The artwork appears to be a modern painted study/reproduction rather than an inscribed ancient artifact fragment.
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