Raised relief fragment
Description
Relief, Tomb of Nespekashuty. Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, reign of Psamtik I, 664–610 B.C. Limestone, mortar traces. H. 6 × D. 2 cm (2 3/8 × 13/16 in.). From: Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), 1st chamber E. wall; N. section, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A long, broken Egyptian relief fragment with shallow carved surface and visible red pigment traces on a beige limestone body.
The object is a flat, elongated piece broken on both ends and along the top edge, preserving a band-like carved surface consistent with a raised-relief element. The surface is generally light beige with weathering and scattered red pigment spots and streaks. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or human/animal figures are identifiable in the provided image due to abrasion and incomplete preservation. There is no visible metal or stone inlay; only stone surface and pigment traces are apparent. The fragment’s appearance matches a limestone relief wall element; the presence of red paint aligns with typical painted Egyptian reliefs, though specific iconography cannot be confirmed from this photograph.
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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.
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