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Ceiling Painting from the Tomb Chapel of Senenmut

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Mud plaster, paint. H. 50 cm (19 11/16 in.); W. 55 cm (21 5/8 in.). From: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), South panel of axis near entrance, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. 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.

The image shows a deteriorated ceiling painting in mud plaster with faded pigment, featuring multiple framed figures and decorative bands or bands of motifs.

A plastered ceiling surface is preserved in fragments. Several sections retain painted outline work and some patterned elements: on the left and central portions there are figures or figure-like motifs within irregular patches, with traces of dark lines, crosshatched or zigzag patterns, and circular or rosette-like elements. The central surviving area includes a broad zigzag band and repeated triangular motifs beneath it. The right side contains a small framed or medallion-like element with concentric shapes. No clear cartouche or royal titulary is legible. The overall state suggests chipping and loss of plaster and paint, consistent with a ceiling painting (rather than a hieroglyph-only text block). No modern Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued; exact reign not legible from this image) fragmentary
Deities unclear (possibly human figures or divine iconography; no unmistakable attributes preserved)
Materials mud plasterpaint (pigment traces; faded)

Connections

Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Materials Mud Plaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116415725 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 23.3.466 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549071 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.