Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Part of the shrine of Queen Henhenet
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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian column with intricate carvings and inscriptions.
The artifact is a part of a column, displaying detailed carvings typical of Egyptian architectural decoration. It includes floral and geometric motifs with remnants of color. Hieroglyphic inscriptions feature along the upper section, and part of the painting is visible on the column’s shaft. It exhibits high craftsmanship characteristic of Egyptian art.
decorative
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestonepaint
Signs
reed ×2
vulture
bread
Visible text
"Nsw bity"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252292 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.230.1d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544208 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.
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