Harvest Scenes, Tomb of Menna
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 various scenes of ancient Egyptian agriculture and daily life activities.
This artifact features colorful depictions of ancient Egyptians engaged in agricultural tasks and daily life scenes. The upper register shows figures harvesting grain, leading cattle, and carrying goods, while the lower register illustrates activities such as plowing with oxen, storing grain, and baking. The figures are rendered in profile with traditional ancient Egyptian style, emphasizing hierarchy of scale and stylized poses. Hieroglyphic inscriptions accompany the scenes, adding context to the activities depicted.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116274952 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.4.44 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548574 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.