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

Inscribed block with bowman and dog

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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.

A fragmentary relief depicting an ancient Egyptian figure carrying a large object.

The artifact is a fragment of a carved and painted limestone relief featuring an Egyptian figure with a detailed body posture, adorned with a traditional kilt, holding a large object resembling a boat. The relief exhibits typical Old Kingdom artistic style with use of color for details and depth. The surrounding areas show wear and damage typical of ancient stone carvings.

daily life Old Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116246890 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.3.354a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545395 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.