Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief horses' legs
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.
Fragment of an ancient Egyptian relief depicting the legs of a figure.
The artifact is a limestone relief fragment showing the legs of what appears to be a human figure, likely continuing off the broken edges. The carving is in low relief with traces of red pigment still visible, indicative of traditional Egyptian artistic style. The composition indicates it was part of a larger scene, possibly depicting a procession or daily activity.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245854 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.237.82 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545001 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.