Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a Menat Counterpoise New KingdomDeir el-Bahri
Description
Menat fragment. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Faience, paint. H. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); W. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.). From: Temple of Nebhepetre Montuhotep II, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1907.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Painted hieroglyphic block (illegible in detail from the fragment).
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116273692 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 07.230.29 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549477 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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