Funerary Equipment, Tomb of Userhat
Description
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Seti I, 1911; original ca. 1294–1279 B.C. Tempera on paper. Facsimile H. 64 cm (25 3/16 in); w. 75 cm (29 1/2 in) scale 1:1 Framed H. 64.1 cm (25 1/4 in); w. 76.2 cm (30 in). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Men, Women. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
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.
Painted register scene showing multiple Egyptian figures with wigs and striped nemes-like collars, and one standing red-painted figure making an offering gesture, within a damaged wall-painting composition.
The image appears to be a framed, polychrome depiction of an Egyptian funerary-wall-painting style scene. Several male figures with black hair/wigs, gold/yellow faces, and striped neck collars stand in two horizontal bands. The top register shows three profile/three-quarter figures wearing blue/black wigs and striped collars; the right side includes a red-orange standing figure with an offering gesture. The lower register contains additional standing figures; a tall dark figure at center is partially obscured by heavy losses and flaking paint. Large areas of the pale background and figures are damaged, with plaster/paint losses exposing light substrate. No clear hieroglyphs are visible, and no cartouches or royal names can be confidently identified. The catalogue ground truth states the object is “Funerary Equipment, Tomb of Userhat” and “tempera on paper” with a Twentieth Century depiction; the current image looks like a painting/illustration rather than original wall plaster, consistent in general with a later painted surface, but the specific association to “Tomb of Userhat” cannot be verified from visible text or a clearly readable name/signature.
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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).
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