Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Model of a procession of offering bearers
Description
Plastered and painted wood, linen
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 wooden model depicting four figures carrying goods.
The artifact is a wooden model representing four male figures in procession, each carrying different items on their heads and shoulders, indicative of everyday labor or economic activity. The figures are painted, and the model is crafted in a simplistic yet detailed style typical of the Middle Kingdom. The first two figures carry goods balanced on their heads, while the latter two carry larger jars or bags.
daily life
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
woodpaint
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249629 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.3.8 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544125 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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