Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Menat fragment with the name of Amasis Late Period, Saite
Description
Menat fragment, Amasis. Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, reign of Amasis, 570–526 B.C. Faience. H. 1.1 × Dia. 5.2 cm (7/16 × 2 1/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889.
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)
Partial hieroglyphs within a cartouche-like frame; exact transcription unclear/illegible from the image.
Connections
Royals
Amasis
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116420032 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 89.2.218 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 553059 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
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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.