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

Relief with temple doorway and columns

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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 carved limestone slab featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The artifact is a rectangular limestone slab showing intricate carvings typical of Egyptian hieroglyphics. The composition includes vertical columns of symbols, likely representing language elements. The carvings are executed with precision. Some portions show signs of wear and erosion.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs reed chair folded cloth

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116413796 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1991.240.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545015 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.