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Men from Punt Carrying Gifts, Tomb of Rekhmire

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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 depiction of three ancient Egyptians carrying ritualistic items.

The image illustrates three men in traditional Egyptian attire carrying symbolic objects. The composition shows them in a procession, with one holding a shepherd's crook and the others carrying poles with large, decorative elements likely used in ceremonial contexts. The art style is indicative of New Kingdom motifs, with attention to detail and vibrant colors adorning the figures.

religious New Kingdom good
Materials paintplaster

Connections

Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Materials PaintPlaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q96185070 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.4.152 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544606 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.