Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief plaque with face of an owl hieroglyph
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 carved limestone relief depicting a stylized owl.
The artifact is a square limestone relief featuring a stylized depiction of an owl. The craftsmanship displays intricate detailing, particularly in the feather patterns and facial features. The composition is minimalistic, with emphasis on symmetry and geometric shapes. There are pierced holes, which suggest the use of tools for finer detailing.
decorative
Ptolemaic
excellent
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244987 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.228.11 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545196 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.
- 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.