Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Relief of Thutmose III

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Description

Limestone, paint

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.

A carved limestone fragment depicting a profile of a person wearing a headdress.

The fragment shows a detailed carving of a person's profile with finely etched features, wearing a headdress that appears to be symbolic, possibly indicative of royal status or divinity. The carving is in a raised relief style, typical of Egyptian stone work. The edges are irregular and broken, suggesting it was part of a larger piece.

royal New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235413 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.1399 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544455 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.