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

Arm fragment

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

Description

Siliceous indurated 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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact made of stone.

The artifact is a small, irregularly shaped fragment of limestone, suggesting it may be part of a larger structure or relief. The surface appears smooth on one side and rough and unworked on the other, indicating it was likely broken off from a larger piece. No visible inscriptions or decorations can be discerned on the surface.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116272845 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 21.9.504 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 550030 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.