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

Fragments depicting a group of foreigners including a child

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Description

Limestone, paint

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.

Painted limestone fragment showing several standing human figures rendered in red and details in lighter pigments; one figure appears child-sized relative to others.

The object is a fragmentary, roughly rectangular/oval piece of limestone with a preserved pictorial scene painted in red-brown tones and some lighter markings. Three figures are clearly visible: two larger standing figures on the left and center, and a smaller, partially preserved figure on the right who may represent a child. The figures wear fitted garments and are depicted in profile or three-quarter view. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other text are visible on the preserved surface. The painting suggests figural decoration consistent with a narrative depiction of a group (as catalogued) rather than an inscription panel.

daily life Middle Kingdom (ground truth from catalogue) fragmentary
Materials limestonepaint (red and light/blue-green pigment traces)

Connections

Found at Lisht
Royals Senwosret I
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244049 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.180.74 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545475 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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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.