Relief fragment with a temple courtyard
Description
Limestone, paint (mostly modern)
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 carved limestone relief depicting a row of hieroglyphic inscriptions with a central figure of a seated man.
The artifact is a rectangular limestone relief featuring a series of hieroglyphic inscriptions, with clear red and yellow coloring still visible on parts of the carvings. The composition includes a series of seated figures facing left, possibly indicating a procession or a narrative scene. The lines of inscriptions are neatly organized above the figures, featuring distinct Egyptian iconography. The carving style suggests careful craftsmanship, typical of higher artistic periods in Egyptian history.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246087 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544925 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.