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

Fragment of a Doorjamb from the Tomb of Djehutynefer

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Description

Sandstone, paint

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 painted wooden panel featuring Egyptian hieroglyphs and a human figure.

The artifact is a vividly painted wooden panel displaying an array of hieroglyphs and a human figure beneath a series of symbols. The composition is colorful with notable use of blues, reds, and yellows. The hieroglyphics are surrounded by decorative patterns, with attention to detail in the depiction of the individual's attire and jewelry.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials wood
Signs ankh djed was eye of Horus

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116246484 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.2.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544784 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.