Garden Scene, Tomb of Ipuy
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1295–1213 B.C. Tempera on paper. facsimile: h. 35 cm (13 3/4 in); w. 48 cm (18 7/8 in) scale 1:1 framed: h. 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in); w. 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in). Original from: Deir el-Medina, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Gardens, Men. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1930.
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 scene showing a kneeling/standing figure offering or tending plants and birds within an arched garden-like setting, with surrounding foliage and a walkway of decorative motifs.
The image is a framed, two-panel style painting on a light ground. On the left is a building façade with column-like forms and bordered bands; on the right an arched frame is filled with painted trees and leafy branches in green, gray, and orange tones. In the center-left, a dark-skinned male figure (profile, bare torso and kilt-like garment) raises one arm toward a white or light emblem-like object mounted near the arched background. A large red-brown offering/planter vessel sits at the lower center, and multiple stems/seedlings rise from it. Beneath and around the arch is a decorative band suggesting vegetation or a garden ground line, with stylized birds: at least one bird stands on the ground near the figure and another is perched/leaning near the right side of the scene. No clear cartouches, royal titulary, or legible hieroglyphs are visible; the style and layout strongly suggest a tomb garden/farmatory vignette rather than a text-bearing inscription.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281206 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.4.115 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 557816 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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