Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief fragment with sandalled feet
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.
Fragmentary limestone slab with raised relief depicting ducks in flight.
The artifact is a fragment of a limestone slab with finely carved raised relief showing a row of ducks with their wings spread in a dynamic flight pattern. The craftsmanship is precise, with attention to the feathers and movement. Below the ducks, the slab is devoid of additional carvings, indicative of possible missing elements or relief loss over time.
decorative
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246095 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544920 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).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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