Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief plaque with Wadjet and Nekhbet, the "Two Ladies"; falcon on opposite
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 limestone relief depicting a cobra and a vulture.
This relief showcases two prominent symbols, a cobra and a vulture, both of which are finely carved in limestone. The cobra is shown coiled and poised, while the vulture is in a resting position, with detailed feathers. The relief accentuates the textures of the animal subjects, demonstrating skilled craftsmanship.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Wadjet
Materials
limestone
Signs
cobra
vulture
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244988 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.155.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545195 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.