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

Relief fragment with the Son of Re name of Amenemhat I

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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.

A piece of painted relief showcasing a bird and a circle design.

The relief depicts a well-carved bird with a circular shape above it, framed by vertical and horizontal bands in green and yellow hues. The simplicity of the composition with its restrained color palette suggests it might be decorative in nature. The artistry indicates skilled craftsmanship.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials limestonepaint
Signs bird circle

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Royals Amenemhat
Materials LimestonePaint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116249537 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 08.200.11 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544137 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.