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

Nectanebo II Offers to Osiris Hemag

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Description

Granodiorite

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 limestone relief showing three figures with hieroglyphic inscriptions above them.

The artifact is a limestone relief depicting three male figures, two on the left and one on the right. They are shown in a traditional Egyptian style, facing each other, with hieroglyphic text inscribed above. The figures seem to be interacting or perhaps participating in a ritual or offering scene. The composition is typical of ancient Egyptian art, with figures in profile and hieroglyphs neatly organized in rows above.

daily life New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs Ankh Djed
Visible text "Nbt pr"

Connections

Deities Osiris
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116246219 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.182.4c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544888 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.