Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief with three men on a ramp
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.
The artifact shows three human figures carrying objects on their heads.
The image depicts a limestone fragment with three human figures in a simplistic, stylized form. The figures are all shown in side profile, common in ancient Egyptian art, each carrying a jar or vessel on their head. The carving is in low relief, and the outlines are distinct but worn. The style suggests early artistic techniques with little detail on facial or clothing features.
daily life
Old Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413800 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1991.240.15 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545021 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.