Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Relief plaque with male figure on one side and a bird on the other
Description
Limestone
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 relief depicting a bird, possibly a falcon or hawk.
The artifact is a fragmentary relief showing a detailed representation of a bird, likely a falcon or hawk, common in ancient Egyptian symbolism. The relief features intricate feather detailing and is carved out of limestone. This style is typical of religious or royal iconography, where birds often represent deities or the Pharaoh.
religious
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Connections
Materials
Limestone
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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.
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