Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · funerary_equipment
Mummified leg of beef case Old KingdomGiza
Description
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, first half, ca. 2323–2255 B.C. Limestone. L. 54 cm (21 1/4 in.). From: Western Cemetery, Mastaba G2374; Pit G2385A, debris in shaft, Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: Harvard-Boston MFA excavations, 1912. Subject: Food. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1937.
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.
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Found at
Giza
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235439 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 37.6.5a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543917 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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