Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief fragment with two young dogs
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 fragment depicting an animal, possibly a hunting or ceremonial scene.
This fragment shows a raised relief of an animal, possibly a dog or similar creature, in mid-stride. The composition is indicative of a common motif found in Egyptian art, where animals are depicted in various postures suggesting motion. The style suggests detailed rendering typical of skilled craftsmanship.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252367 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.180.134 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543886 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.