Sneferu Pyramid Temple Wall Images from the New Kingdom

Images of a dipinto from the west wall passage of the Sneferu Pyramid Temple, dated to the New Kingdom's 18th Dynasty. The dataset includes files in PDF, JPG, and SVG formats totaling 1014.3 KB. It is provided by Chloe Agar via figshare, with copyright held by the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, and the Penn Museum.

Use Cases

• Train image classification models to identify Egyptian archaeological features based on wall imagery.
• Perform digital preservation analysis on dipinti using the available SVG vector format.
• Conduct art historical research on 18th Dynasty iconography and temple decoration.

Strengths

• Includes multiple file formats (PDF, JPG, SVG) for different analytical needs.
• Has clear copyright attribution to two established institutions: the Griffith Institute and the Penn Museum.
• Released under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 1014.3 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Griffith Institute Archive; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Collection Method

Likely contains photographic or scanned documentation of an archaeological site.

Time Range

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 10:20:23; freshness should be verified

Geography

Sneferu Pyramid Temple, Egypt