Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model Cattle stable from the tomb of Meketre
Description
Plastered and painted wood, gesso
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 ancient Egyptian animal husbandry with cattle and figures.
The artifact is a detailed wooden model showcasing a scene of animal husbandry from ancient Egypt. The composition includes figures managing cattle in a corral-like structure, with a dividing wall separating the animals into sections. Notable features include painted details on the cattle and the rustic, crafted appearance of the human figures, suggesting an emphasis on daily life activities.
daily life
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248151 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.3.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544254 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.