Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief with chariots
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 relief depicting figures leading a chariot pulled by a horse.
The artifact is a limestone relief showing two figures guiding a horse-drawn chariot. The style is typical of ancient Egyptian chariot scenes, with detailed carving and elegant outlines. The figures are dressed in traditional attire, and the horse is depicted in a dynamic stance, indicative of movement. Below the main scene, there is a band of smaller, less defined figures in a procession.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247526 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.6.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544697 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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