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Relief panel showing two baboons offering the wedjat eye to the sun god Khepri, who holds the Underworld sign

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Description

Limestone

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 carved limestone relief panel shows two baboons facing toward a central solar/eye-like element, with the sun icon presented above and between them.

The image depicts a rectangular relief panel in low-to-medium relief. Two baboons are positioned symmetrically on the left and right, each with arms raised toward the center; their bodies have a clear patterned texture suggesting fur/scales. Between them is a central circular disk/solar symbol at mid-height. Above the disk, a sun-like emblem is visible (a circular form with radiating lines or a sun disk element). The upper register includes additional small carved shapes that are not clear enough to confirm specific signs such as the wedjat eye or the Underworld sign. The surface shows chisel marks and weathering; the right edge is chipped. No clearly legible hieroglyphic text blocks, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions are visible at this resolution.

religious Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue ground truth; exact stylistic dating uncertain from image alone) fragmentary
Deities Khepri (sun god; not explicitly identifiable, but composition matches sun/baboon offering theme per catalogue)
Materials limestone
Signs solar disk / sun icon (exact sign unclear) eye-like element (not clearly confirmable)

Connections

Deities Khepri

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273389 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 66.99.73 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549700 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.