Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Relief fragment from the tomb of Meketre

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials PaintCeramic
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