Small Tablet of Nekhtu
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-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 small, vertically oriented carved tablet showing an enthroned divine figure flanked by other figures and rows of hieroglyphic text.
The image shows a dark, rectangular, stone tablet photographed against a light background, with rounded upper and lower edges from wear or design. In the upper register, a seated figure on a chair or throne is carved at center-left, facing toward the viewer’s right, with attendant standing figures on either side. The middle and lower registers are filled with incised hieroglyphs arranged in horizontal rows. No legible cartouche or royal name can be confirmed from the image resolution. The surface appears to be sculpted and inscribed rather than painted. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The hieroglyphic script is present but too unclear to transcribe accurately beyond noting that multiple rows of glyphs cover the tablet.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1735E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118257 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.