Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief fragment from the tomb of Meketre
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.
Fragment of painted Egyptian pottery depicting a decorative pattern.
The artifact is a small painted shard with a decorative design in red and green. The red section has a repeating chevron pattern, while the green is more irregular and mottled. The paint is on a light-colored ceramic, suggesting part of a larger vessel or object. The craftsmanship indicates skilled artistic work with vibrant pigments.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
ceramicpaint
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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).
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