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

Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck

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Description

Limestone, paint

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 relief showing a figure holding a stick or staff.

The image depicts a carved relief panel with a prominent figure on the left, holding a curved stick or object, possibly involved in a significant activity or ritual. The artwork is rendered in a typical ancient Egyptian style with intricate detailing and use of red pigment on a limestone surface. The composition is balanced and possibly part of a larger narrative scene.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials limestone

Connections

Royals Akhenaten
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385746 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1985.328.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544056 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.