Model Cattle stable from the tomb of Meketre

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Painted plaster-and-wood model showing two compartments of a cattle stable with human/worker figures and several black-and-white cattle.

The artifact is a rectangular painted model with raised walls forming an interior scene divided into left and right sections. The right section contains two black-and-white cows/oxen standing in profile, with visible legs and tails; the figures appear carefully painted with white patches on a black body. The left section shows objects and at least two small human/standing figures with black heads and light torsos, along with stanchions/partition elements and a reddish-brown angled post or gate-like form. The background surface is a tan/plaster field consistent with painted gesso or plaster over wood. No clearly legible hieroglyphic, cartouches, or other text are visible in the provided image, and there are no obvious Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions. No specific deity symbols are identifiable from the scene.