Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Small Tablet of Nekhtu

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Description

Caption: Small Tablet of Nekhtu, 19th century C.E.. Slate, 4 1/8 x 2 5/16 in. (10.5 x 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1735E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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.

Three stone slabs inscribed with hieroglyphs and figural depictions.

The image shows three ancient slabs, each with distinct hieroglyphic inscriptions. The central slab depicts seated figures, likely deities or royalty, above rows of hieroglyphs. The left and right slabs primarily contain hieroglyphic text. The craftsmanship suggests careful engraving, typical of Egyptian monumental art.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials stone
Signs unknown ×10

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1735E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118257 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • 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.