Model of a Porch and Garden
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, early, ca. 1981–1975 B.C. Wood, paint, copper. L. 84.4 cm (33 1/4); W. 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in); H. 39.5 cm (15 9/16). From: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920. Subject: Gardens, Meketre-Models. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920.
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.
Wooden model depicting a recessed porch-like space with painted columns and a small garden of stylized green plants growing from dark soil in a rectangular frame.
The image shows a three-dimensional painted wooden box/model with open interior space. Inside, a porch or sheltered area is indicated by a flat back panel and a row of slender, multicolored painted columns/posts supporting a painted band or frieze along the upper edge. In front and around the columns, numerous stylized leafy branches/plant stems are arranged symmetrically, with pale green leaves and light-colored stems. The plants emerge from a dark, soil-like base covering the interior floor. The outer surfaces of the box are plain brown wood with visible construction seams and edges; some interior elements appear painted (including column coloration and the pale/teal tones of plant leaves). No legible hieroglyphs or inscriptions are visible on the pictured surfaces. No clear royal names or cartouches can be identified. No explicit deities are depicted; the scene reads as a residential/architectural and garden model rather than a specific mythological tableau.
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)
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.