Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model of a Porch and Garden
Description
Wood, paint, copper
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 diorama depicting a garden scene with trees and a small pavilion.
The artifact is a detailed wooden diorama showing a garden or courtyard scene, complete with small faience trees and a pavilion supported by intricate painted columns. The craftsmanship suggests it was created to reflect a serene and prosperous environment, possibly intended for a funerary context to provide eternal enjoyment for the deceased.
funerary
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
woodfaience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248149 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.3.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544256 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.
- 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.