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

North Side of the West Wall of Nakht's Offering Chapel

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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.

The image depicts scenes of daily life in ancient Egypt, including agricultural activities and offerings.

This artifact shows vibrant scenes related to daily life and agriculture in ancient Egypt. The composition includes people engaged in harvesting, storing grains, and presenting offerings. The style is typical of Egyptian wall paintings, featuring hierarchical proportions and a distinctive use of color. Notable features include the portrayal of various agricultural tasks and the decorative use of hieroglyphics above the scenes.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials paintplaster

Connections

Materials PaintPlaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116415542 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.5.19e, l–m tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548578 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.