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

Relief with head and foot

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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 relief carving displaying part of an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph.

The image depicts a relief carving in limestone showcasing the hieroglyph of a foot with an attached leg and lower leg of a person or animal. The style suggests careful attention to detail, common in ancient Egyptian inscriptions. Though part of a larger sequence, the relief is notable for its clarity and skillful execution, indicating its original use in an official or significant context.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials limestone
Signs foot with lower leg

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245999 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1991.237.32 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544951 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.
  • 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.