Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a shrine
Description
Limestone
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 fragmentary limestone artifact with carved hieroglyphs.
The image shows a fragment of a limestone artifact inscribed with hieroglyphic text. The carving style is detailed, suggesting skilled craftsmanship typical of formal inscriptions. Despite its fragmentary condition, some hieroglyphs are clearly visible, offering insight into the artifact's original context. The surface shows signs of erosion likely due to age.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Signs
bird
reclining animal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413708 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.330 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544868 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.