Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Purifying and Mourning the Dead, Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky
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.
An ancient Egyptian mural depicting a ceremonial procession with figures carrying offerings.
The image shows a colorful painted mural, likely from a tomb or temple, featuring several male and female figures in traditional Egyptian attire. They are carrying offerings and floral arrangements, depicting a ceremonial or religious procession. Hieroglyphic texts are visible in the background, providing context to the scene. The composition includes large ankh symbols and stylized lotus blossoms, indicative of symbolic meaning.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Materials
paintplaster
Signs
ankh ×3
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413861 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.4.108 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545140 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.