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Panel from beneath feet of a cartonnage, with scorpions on soles

Accession: O.C.328
Period: Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
Date: late 3rd century BC–1st century AD
Date range: 225 BCE – 100 CE
Materials: ['cartonnage', 'paint']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Panel from beneath feet of a cartonnage, with scorpions on soles (O.C.328). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/33005

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Description

Cartonnage, 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.

The image depicts a pair of sandals with scorpions on them.

The artifact features a painting of a pair of sandals with detailed illustrations of scorpions on their soles. The artwork is characterized by bold lines and use of color, including shades of red, black, and yellow. The composition is symmetrical, and the scorpions are central to the design. This style might be decorative, with attention to symbolic elements.

decorative New Kingdom fragmentary

Materials limestonepaint

Connections

Materials Limestone Paint

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