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Two-Sided Plaque with Gazelles

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Description

New Kingdom–Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1550–664 B.C. Faience. L. 7.1 × H. 3.7 × Th. 1.1 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/16 × 7/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows a rectangular Egyptian faience plaque decorated in low relief with a frieze of gazelles facing different directions.

A rectangular, horizontally oriented plaque is photographed against a plain light background. The surface has a weathered/light-colored coating consistent with a ceramic/ faience object, and it is carved in relief along the long axis. A band near the top contains repeating geometric motifs (possibly a patterned border). Below, a central scene depicts multiple gazelles (or gazelle-like antelopes) in profile with arched backs and prominent horns; their bodies overlap as if arranged in a continuous procession. A few short lines beneath the animals may represent ground lines or stylized vegetation, but no clearly legible hieroglyphic text is visible in this image. No royal cartouches or names are discernible, and no clear divine iconography is identifiable from the gazelle imagery alone.

decorative New Kingdom–Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; exact date unclear from photo alone) fragmentary
Materials faience (coating/ceramic surface, color worn)

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116408193 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 2021.41.20 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 329785 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.
  • 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.