Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief with temple scene
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 limestone relief fragment depicting hieroglyphs and animal figures.
The artifact is a rectangular limestone relief fragment with detailed carvings. The composition includes a series of hieroglyphic inscriptions and a depiction of a reclining animal, possibly a cattle, which is commonly found in Egyptian decorative scenes. The style appears to be consistent with temple or tomb reliefs, showcasing the fine detail typical of Egyptian craftsmanship.
decorative
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Signs
reclining animal
Visible text
"unclear"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245986 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.43 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544962 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.