Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · ostracon
Hieratic Ostracon New Kingdom, RamessideValley of the Kings
Description
Ostracon, hieratic. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 20, ca. 1186–1070 B.C. Limestone, ink. h. 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in); w. 6 cm (2 3/8 in). From: Workmen's Huts near KV 55 (site 18) or between KV 18 and KV 21, or from chip heaps in same branch of Valley, Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08. Subject: Hieratic. Credit: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909.
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)
Faint, illegible hieratic text concentrated near the lower central area; no reliable excerpt possible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252268 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.184.185 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 573248 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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