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

Relief with three 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.

A fragmentary artifact depicting the lower bodies of several figures.

The artifact is a section of an ancient Egyptian wall relief showcasing a procession of figures. Only the lower halves of the figures are visible, all depicted in a traditional Egyptian style with simplified forms and angular postures. The relief is executed in a reddish hue against a light background, suggesting it may have been part of a larger mural or tomb decoration, typical of Egyptian art.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245875 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1991.237.72 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544991 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.