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

Facsimile painting of Mentuherkhepeshef

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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 collection of painted plaster fragments featuring geometric designs.

The image displays several fragments of painted plaster, each decorated with vivid geometric patterns including checkerboards, zigzags, and stripes in blue and red hues. The style suggests ornamental design work that might have been part of a larger decorative scheme. The composition appears cohesive, indicating it might have formed part of a larger wall or object.

decorative New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials plaster

Connections

Materials Plaster
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  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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