Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Big toe
Description
Diorite
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 piece of stone sculpture with a recessed area.
The image depicts a fragment of a stone artifact, likely carved from granite or a similar hard stone. The piece features a central recessed area, which suggests it may have been part of a larger statue or architectural element. The surface shows wear consistent with age but retains a degree of polish typical of finely worked stone artifacts. The lack of any visible inscriptions, figures, or symbolic motifs makes it difficult to ascertain its original function or precise cultural context.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
granite
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116272828 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 21.9.514 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 550054 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.