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

Ostracon with a figure of the god Iunmutef

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Limestone, ink

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.

Limestone fragment depicting a standing figure and hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The artifact is a vertical limestone fragment featuring an outlined standing figure, possibly a scribe or official, with accompanying hieroglyphic inscriptions. The composition includes clear line work typical of Egyptian relief style. Notable features include the presence of several hieroglyphic symbols and red pigment traces.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs unknown ×10

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247431 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 14.6.212 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544715 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.