Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief fragment from tomb of Meketre
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.
Fragment of a painted ancient Egyptian artifact with red and blue pigments.
This artifact is a fragment of an ancient Egyptian stone with traces of red and blue pigments forming geometric patterns. The composition suggests it may have been part of a larger decorative scene, possibly from a tomb or temple wall. The stone's uneven edges indicate it has been broken from a larger piece, and the pigments are faded, suggesting significant age and weathering.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
stone
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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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