Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
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Description
Limestone
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 stone relief with hieroglyphic inscriptions and architectural elements.
The artifact showcases a rectangular stone relief with sunken architectural features resembling a recessed door or niche. Surrounding the central design are hieroglyphic inscriptions, suggesting a formal or ritualistic context. The relief features precise carving and exhibits symmetry in its composition. Notable for its integration of text and architectural motifs, the piece is indicative of decorative or potentially religious function.
decorative
Old Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
nefer
ankh
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245695 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.21 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545055 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.