Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Relief fragment

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Limestone, possibly bituminous marble

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.

Fragment of carved stone depicting a human figure with a necklace.

This artifact is a fragment of a carved stone, featuring the upper portion of a human figure. The figure is wearing a detailed headpiece and a distinctive necklace with a circular pendant. The style suggests skilled craftsmanship with attention to facial features and decorative elements. The material, likely a dark stone, highlights the intricate carvings, which are delicately preserved.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials stonegold

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials StoneGold
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  • 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.
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