Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Shabti fragment of Petamenophis
Description
Serpentinite
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 bronze artifact with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is an upright bronze object, likely part of a larger sculpture or tool, featuring several rows of hieroglyphic text. The inscriptions are carved into the surface, and although the top is broken, the rest of the piece is relatively intact. The style suggests it might have served a functional or decorative purpose, reflecting traditional Egyptian artistic techniques. Notable features include the clear, precise carving of hieroglyphs typical of skilled craftsmanship.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116726740 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.160.121 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546135 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.