Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Drawing of a man and oryx Late Period, SaiteDeir el-Bahri
Description
Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, reign of Psamtik I, 656–610 B.C. Limestone, pigment. H. 29.4 × W. 27.2 × D. 8 cm (11 9/16 × 10 11/16 × 3 1/8 in.). From: Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), 1st chamber; West wall; 4th register, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. Credit: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116387666 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1997.137.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 550440 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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