Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model of a temple door bolt with recumbent lion
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 small limestone sculpture depicting a sphinx in a recumbent position.
This artifact is a limestone sculpture of a sphinx, depicted lying down with its paws forward. The sculpture retains a simple and geometric design, typical of ancient Egyptian art. The form is weathered, indicating age and exposure, and features such as the face and paws are somewhat eroded. The back of the sphinx shows signs of flatness, possibly indicating it was part of a larger architectural structure.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281916 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.160.103 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546123 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.