Ceiling Painting from the Tomb Chapel of Senenmut
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Mud plaster, paint. H. 36 cm (14 3/16 in.); W. 45 cm (17 11/16 in.). From: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), Ceiling of south bay (?), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.
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.
Black-and-white photograph of a painted plaster ceiling fragment decorated with repeating square motifs and swirl-like borders.
The image shows a section of a ceiling painted on plaster. The main field is covered with repeating geometric elements: clusters of small dark squares/rectangles within larger lighter blocks arranged in diagonal bands, with occasional rosette- or fan-like symbols (dark wedges around a center). Along the lower edge there is a decorative border with interlocking circular/spiral forms in dark pigment. The background appears as light plaster. No clearly legible hieroglyphic lines, cartouches, or figure-based religious scenes are identifiable at this resolution. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415723 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.3.463 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549068 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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