Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment with royal feet
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.
Depicts an ancient Egyptian ritual scene involving a prone figure.
The artifact is a carved limestone relief showing a stylized depiction of an ancient Egyptian funerary scene. The composition includes a prone human figure, possibly a mummy, placed on a lion-headed bier. The scene is framed by horizontal and vertical lines, suggesting a structured composition typical of Egyptian art. The style and execution are consistent with funerary motifs designed to ensure safe passage to the afterlife.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246005 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544945 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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