Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Provisions from Nubia Stored in the Temple, Tomb of Rekhmire
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 mural depicting frogs and a crocodile in a Nile scene with papyrus plants.
The painting shows a heavily textured depiction of the Nile with a dense pattern of red scales representing water. Frogs are seen jumping among the undulating waves, and a crocodile is also visible, emphasizing the riverine environment. The scene includes stylized papyrus plants, characteristic of the naturalistic style in Egyptian art. The artwork's composition balances the animated wildlife with vegetation, invoking the ecology of the Nile.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
paintplaster
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