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

Relief fragment from the mortuary temple of Amenemhat I

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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.

A fragmentary stone relief with hieroglyphic inscriptions, likely of religious or funerary significance.

The image depicts a partially preserved stone relief featuring a series of hieroglyphic inscriptions. The relief appears to be carved in raised relief, common in many ancient Egyptian art pieces. Notable features include faintly visible symbols such as ankhs and possible depictions of deities or ceremonial objects. The craftsmanship suggests it may have been part of a larger structure or artifact.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs ankh ×3 djed

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Royals Amenemhat
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116248303 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.180.114 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544197 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.