Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · ostracon
Ostracon Roman PeriodMedinet Habu
Description
Ostracon, tax receipt. Roman Period, reign of Caligula, A.D. 37–41. Pottery, ink. H. 11.5 × W. 10.2 × D. 3 cm (4 1/2 × 4 × 1 3/16 in.). From: Medinet Habu, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Gift of Herbert E. Winlock, 1924.
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)
Hieroglyphic inscription in several lines; exact sign sequence unclear/illegible from the image resolution.
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