Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
"Nub" sign inlay Southern Asasif
Description
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 21–30, ca. 1070–343 B.C. Black stone. L. 3.1 × W. 1.5 × Th. 0.5 cm (1 1/4 × 9/16 × 3/16 in.). From: Unfinished Temple Site, Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
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)
Single hieroglyphic sign (no complete readable phrase visible)
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