Relief, Nebhepetre Mentuhotep's wives, shrine
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, reign of Mentuhotep II, early, ca. 2051–2030 B.C. Limestone. 9 x 8.5 cm. From: Temple of Mentuhotep II, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1907. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906.
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 fragmentary limestone relief showing a recessed rectangular shrine-like panel with a central raised motif and a band of zigzag marks along the lower edge.
The image depicts a small, broken fragment of carved stone, preserving part of a rectangular architectural frame or niche. Inside the frame, a central raised, blocky sign/motif is visible, flanked by partial vertical elements on the left and right. Along the bottom of the interior panel there is a row of small triangular/serrated forms resembling a border or stylized fringe. The left side also preserves a slanted/vertical carved element that could relate to surrounding shrine architecture. The object is incomplete, with the top and right edges broken; no full figures or clear facial/royal regalia are preserved. No legible hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or inscriptions are clearly readable in the provided view.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246252 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 06.1231.95 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552999 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.