Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
False Door, Tomb of Mentuherkhepeshef
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.
Fragmentary pieces of painted decoration showing colorful patterns and motifs.
The image depicts several fragments of painted artifact pieces, possibly from an ancient Egyptian tomb or temple. The remnants show vibrant colors with blues, greens, and reds. Notable features include geometric patterns, potential symbols or hieroglyphs, and what appears to be part of an eye, which might suggest a depiction of the Eye of Horus. The fragments seem to be intricately painted, indicating a decorative purpose.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
woodpaint
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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.