Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Inscribed block with bowman and dog
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
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.