Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Building a Catafalque, Tomb of Ipuy
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 depiction of an elaborate Egyptian temple scene with multiple figures engaged in various activities.
This artifact shows a detailed scene set within a temple structure, characterized by vibrant colors and intricate designs. The composition includes multiple registers displaying figures in different poses, engaging in ceremonial or ritualistic activities. Notable features include the presence of divine and possibly royal figures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and detailed architectural elements such as columns and altars.
religious
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Deities
AmunRa
Materials
paintplaster
Signs
Ankh ×5
Djed ×3
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116274950 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.4.116 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548572 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.