Relief fragment possibly from the tomb of Mereri
Description
Relief fragments (47), tomb of Mereri perhaps. Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 7–10 (?), ca. 2100–2090 B.C. Stone. From: Tomb of Mereri, Behind Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations, 1897–98. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898.
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.
Stone relief fragment showing a shallow carved register of repeated wedge- or feather-like forms along the top edge.
The image presents a small, irregular stone fragment photographed against a neutral gray background. The main visible surface has shallow relief carving arranged in a row of repeated, rounded triangular/wedge shapes that resemble the edges of a fringe, feathered border, or patterned garment detail. The remainder of the fragment is broken and does not preserve any clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or identifiable figure attributes. No painted pigment is visible, and the carving is worn/simplified by breakage and surface loss.
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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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