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Painted Plaster Pavement Fragment

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Stucco with blue, green, yellow, and brown pigments. Unframed: H. 42.5 × W. 52 cm (16 3/4 × 20 1/2 in.); Framed: H. 43.7 × W. 54 cm, 7.6 kg (17 3/16 × 21 1/4 in., 16.8 lb.). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Room E, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Birds. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1920.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A rectangular fragment of painted plaster/stucco showing parts of figures in profile with large blue and red-outlined elements, surrounded by dense decorative motifs and hieroglyph-like strokes.

The image shows a framed rectangular fragment with the surrounding plaster border and extensive losses exposing underlying substrate. The surface is painted in multiple colors—prominent light/medium blues, muted greens, reds (including dark red/brown), beige/yellow ground, and darker outlines. On the right side, a large blue form with red outlining resembles a garment or wing-like element, and a partial head/face area with dark outlines is visible. On the left and center, there are multiple profile figures or figure segments with black/dark contour lines and striped/feather-like or ribbed detailing on an elongated limb or body part. The lower half contains many small, curving, and plant-like or script-like strokes in green and dark red/brown, arranged densely as decoration. A thin horizontal dark line runs near the bottom, with a band of blue/greenish pigment and darker marks below it. No clearly readable hieroglyphic signs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are legible at this resolution. No explicit deity emblem (e.g., identifiable crown/animal head) is confidently determinable from the fragment.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth); precise sub-period unclear from fragment alone fragmentary
Materials painted plaster/stucco with blue pigmentpainted plaster/stucco with green pigmentpainted plaster/stucco with yellow/beige ground pigmentpainted plaster/stucco with brown/red pigment outlines

Connections

Found at Malqata

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275295 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 20.2.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548432 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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