Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief Fragment
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 limestone fragment depicting a profile of a person and hieroglyphic symbols.
The artifact shows a carved relief on limestone featuring the profile of a person and several hieroglyphic symbols above. The artistic style appears consistent with traditional Egyptian relief work with clean lines and characteristic stylization. Notable features include the detailing of facial features and attire, providing insight into the artistic norms of the period.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Signs
Seated man
Vulture
Looped cross
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116282251 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 50.19.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546029 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.
- 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.