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

Festival Scene, Tomb of Amenmose

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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.

A detailed wall scene depicting an ancient Egyptian ceremonial procession and offerings.

The artifact features a complex and colorful wall painting showing multiple registers of figures involved in religious or ceremonial activities. The top register depicts figures carrying large objects, possibly tributes or offerings. The middle section includes seated figures in a row, likely gods or temple officials, being presented with offerings. Hieroglyphs are visible throughout, especially at the top, providing explanation or identification of the scenes. The style is characteristic of vibrant and formal Egyptian art, with a high level of detail in the clothing and posture of figures.

religious New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials paintstone
Signs reed leaf ×10 seated man ×5
Visible text "Amun-Re, Lord of the Thrones"

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Materials StonePaint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116415538 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 32.6.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548569 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.