Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Royal Barge at its Mooring
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.
The artifact depicts a scene with boats and figures likely associated with a funerary context.
This is a limestone relief showing intricately carved figures and boats. The central scene appears to feature individuals on boats, with one figure gesturing, possibly indicating a narrative or ceremonial activity. The style is typical of Egyptian reliefs with a focus on profile depictions and clear hieratic elements. Notable features include detailed boat and human representations and potential funerary implements.
funerary
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247542 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1985.328.15 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544682 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.