Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Horses Harnessed to a Chariot
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 depicting a man on horseback.
The artifact is a rectangular limestone relief showing a man riding a horse. The carving is executed with attention to the anatomical details of the horse and the rider's posture. The background is flat with minimal additional details, focusing on the central figures. Weathering is evident, suggesting age and exposure.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251893 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1985.328.18 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544062 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.