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

Relief fragment with soldiers running with a rope

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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.

A carved stone fragment showing the outline of a figure carrying a bundle.

The image depicts a limestone fragment with the carved depiction of a figure in profile, carrying a large bundle over the shoulder. The carving technique is deep and detailed, showing clear outlines of the figure's anatomy and the texture of the bundle, suggesting a scene from daily life. The fragmentary nature of the piece reveals signs of wear and erosion over time.

daily life unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Royals Amenemhat
Materials Limestone
About this record's data
  • 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.