Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a desert hunt - see 26.3.354-5-related
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 stone artifact featuring carved figures, possibly part of a larger scene.
This artifact appears to be a fragment of a larger stone piece, showcasing carved imagery. It features figures that may represent animals or deities, common in Egyptian iconography. The style suggests an early period of Egyptian art, with simple and bold outlines. The missing portions indicate it was once part of a more extensive decorative or narrative scene.
unclear
Predynastic
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249308 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.3.173 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544148 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.