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

Relief fragment with a figure of a goddess

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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 painted limestone relief fragment depicting simplistic hieroglyphs.

This artifact is a painted limestone fragment showcasing stylized hieroglyphs in a minimalist design. The use of color, particularly red and black, emphasizes specific symbols. The composition suggests sections of an incomplete narrative or set of symbols, typical of temple or tomb inscriptions. The craftsmanship and materials indicate it likely originated from an important structure.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs Djed pillar Ankh unknown symbol ×2
Visible text "unclear"

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116246083 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1991.237.10 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544929 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.