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Name Stone of Hatshepsut

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Quartzite. H. 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in); w. 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in). From: Hatshepsut Valley Temple, Lower Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, pre 1911. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912.

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.

Fragmentary stone face bearing carved Egyptian hieroglyphs, likely part of a royal name cartouche/naming text.

The image shows a roughly rectangular stone fragment with rounded edges, carved in relief with a vertical column of hieroglyphic signs within a bordered field. The central motif includes a tall, columnar arrangement of signs; a prominent curved/looped sign at the top and a blocky rectangular sign near the lower portion are visible, but the full sequence cannot be confidently read due to damage and limited surface. No figures of deities are visible; only hieroglyphic text appears. The stone surface looks like coarse sculpted rock with chips and breaks along the edges; toolmarks are visible. There is no discernible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text in the image.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (per catalogue); specific reign not confirmable from fragment fragmentary
Royals Hatshepsut (catalogue attribution not fully verifiable from visible fragment)
Materials stonequartzite (catalogue)
Signs Unidentified hieroglyphic sign(s) in vertical register ×4
Visible text "Vertical hieroglyphic inscription within a bordered rectangle; exact reading unclear from the fragment."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical hieroglyphic inscription within a bordered rectangle; exact reading unclear from the fragment.

Connections

Found at Asasif
Royals Hatshepsut
Materials StoneQuartzite

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116251850 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 12.181.306 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 576277 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.