Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment from a battle scene depicting a foreigner throwing a spear and holding a distinctive shield
Description
Limestone, paint
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.
Limestone relief fragment depicting a profile view of a male figure.
This is a fragmentary limestone relief showcasing a male figure in profile, likely an attendant or official, with a distinct hairstyle. Carved lines above the figure suggest architectural elements or registers. The relief is simplistic in style, common in Old Kingdom decorations, with a focus on line work and minimal detailing.
decorative
Old Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249201 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.235.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544150 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.