Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief fragment from mastaba of Rehuerdjersen
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 fragmentary relief depicting figures and animals.
The artifact is a fragmentary limestone relief showing parts of human figures and various animals, likely engaged in some daily or ceremonial activity. The style is characteristic of ancient Egyptian art with detailed carving and attention to the representation of animals and people in profile. The composition suggests a section of a larger scene, possibly depicting activities related to hunting or offering.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280970 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546614 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.