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

Relief with royal person and courtiers

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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.

An inscribed stone fragment with traces of ancient Egyptian figures.

This artifact is a stone fragment likely from a larger relief or wall. It features faint outlines of engraved figures, possibly depicting human or deity forms in a traditional Egyptian style. The work shows typical characteristics of Egyptian relief, using clear lines to define figures against the stone. The surface and details are weathered, indicating age.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245992 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1991.237.41 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544960 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.