Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Cornice Block with Relief Depicting the Purification of the Pharaoh Roman PeriodPhilae
Description
Roman Period, probably reign of Cludius or Nero, 41–68 CE. Sandstone. H. 44.5 × W. 61 × D. 53.3 cm, 239 kg (17 1/2 × 24 × 21 in., 527 lb.). From: Temple of Harendotes, Philae, 1st Cataract, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.
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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Materials
Sandstone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415166 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.154.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547283 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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