Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Scene of Fishing and Fowling
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.
Fragment of an ancient Egyptian relief depicting fish and vegetation.
The image shows a carved relief fragment made from limestone, depicting aquatic life and plants. The style is characteristic of ancient Egyptian art with naturalistic representations of fish swimming among reeds. The piece shows evidence of skillful carving with detailed incisions outlining the fish and plant forms. There are remnants of pigment suggesting it was once colorfully painted.
agricultural
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246192 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1985.328.22 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544893 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
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