Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Relief panel showing two baboons offering the wedjat eye to the sun god Khepri, who holds the Underworld sign Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

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Description

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–200 BC. Limestone. H. 30.9 cm (12 3/16 in.); W. 39.3 cm (15 1/2 in.); D. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Animals, Scarabs. Credit: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Connections

Deities Khepri
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273389 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 66.99.73 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549700 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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