Osiris and the Four Sons of Horus
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.
The image depicts seated figures of Egyptian deities with hieroglyphs above.
This colorful scene features three deities seated in a row, all adorned with intricate headpieces and traditional Egyptian garments. The figures are painted primarily in green, blue, red, and white hues, with significant portions still visibly detailed despite some areas of wear. Hieroglyphs are present above the deities, likely describing their identities or roles. The style is consistent with the refined artistic conventions of the New Kingdom period, characterized by its detailed and vibrant depictions of gods.
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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.