Relief Fragment with Part of a Vertical Inscription

Relief Fragment with Part of a Vertical Inscription

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fragment belongs to a vertical column of inscription reading from right to left that was part of a group of texts carved in extremely low relief and exquisitely painted. On the left side of the piece is part of a thick black line dividing columns of text. To the right is part of the leg and hoof of a bovine-sign; below it is a curving black form that could be part of a male head, perhaps the seated-man-sign. The fragment likely belongs to inscriptions with the titles and epithets of the tomb owner that were placed near representations of him. The background is painted gray.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.