Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief with official and horses
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.
Fragmentary limestone relief with depictions of hands and an animal's hoof.
This artifact is a relief fragment carved in limestone, showcasing parts of a human figure, likely hands, and an animal's hoof. The style reflects an ancient Egyptian artistic convention, where figures were carved in low relief with attention to detail and proportion. Notable features include the positioning of the limbs, which suggest a scene involving interaction or movement. The relief is fragmentary, showing signs of age and wear.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245911 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.58 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544977 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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