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

Relief with oxen

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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 limestone relief depicting the legs of cattle and a plow scene.

This limestone relief fragment shows a scene involving the hindquarters and legs of a pair of cattle. The composition suggests an agricultural theme, likely part of a larger depiction of farming activities. The carving style is simple, focusing on essential outlines with minimal interior detail. The stone's surface appears weathered, indicating age and exposure.

agricultural Middle Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116245852 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1991.237.81 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545000 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.