Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief plaque with a swallow
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 a relief of a bird on a limestone block.
This artifact features a detailed carving of a bird on a limestone block. The composition is simple, with emphasis on the bird's naturalistic features such as its wings and tail. The smooth surface and precise lines highlight the skilled craftsmanship.
decorative
unclear
good
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249651 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.228.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544124 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.