Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief fragment with king Khufu's cattle
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.
The artifact depicts three Egyptian figures leading oxen.
The artifact is a limestone relief showing three figures, likely men, guiding a procession of large-horned oxen. The style is characteristic of Egyptian relief work with detailed carvings. The figures and animals are depicted in a naturalistic manner, showcasing the agricultural aspects of ancient Egyptian life. The attire and stance of the figures suggest a scene from daily life.
agricultural
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252355 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.3a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543890 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.