Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Wall Tile with Rekhyt Birds
Description
Faience
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
An ancient Egyptian limestone relief depicting two birds in front of stylized structures.
This artifact is a limestone relief featuring two birds positioned before what appear to be stylized structures, possibly shrines or stylized depictions of marshes. The composition is balanced with symmetrical repetition of the elements. The relief is mounted on a stand for display, suggesting it is a fragment of a larger piece. The craftsmanship is indicative of decorative elements found in Middle to New Kingdom periods.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414478 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.61 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545928 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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