Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief with two foreigners
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 piece of relief depicting a partial figure of an animal, possibly a lion, in a rudimentary style.
This ancient Egyptian artifact fragment shows a partially preserved depiction of what appears to be an animal, possibly a lion, carved in low relief. The artistic style is simplistic, with emphasis on the body outline rather than fine details. The relief is painted with a reddish pigment, though much of the detail is eroded. The background is a natural limestone color, suggesting it may have been part of a larger scene or piece.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245863 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.75 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544994 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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