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

Fishermen drawing a net

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Description

Limestone, 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.

Fragmentary wall painting with depictions of color bands and geometric patterns.

The artifact is a series of fragments from a wall painting featuring bands of red and white with geometrical alignment. It appears to have been part of a larger decorative scene, likely from an architectural context. The painting shows signs of aging, with worn edges and some fading of colors, particularly where the plaster has cracked.

decorative New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials plaster

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Plaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235386 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.3.354h tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545402 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.