Question

Answer the following question in 1-2 complete sentences.

Three Egyptian figures and hieroglyphics carved into stone.
Examine and describe the image above. What type of relief sculpture is it? Justify your answers.

Answer 1

This is a sunken (incised) relief. The figures and hieroglyphs are cut down into the stone so the surrounding surface remains intact rather than the forms projecting outward, producing shallow recessed outlines typical of Egyptian relief carving.