Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief fragment, tomb of Mereri First Intermediate PeriodDendera
Description
First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 9, ca. 2100–2030 B.C. Limestone. H. 14.1 × W. 41 × D. 4.7 cm (5 9/16 × 16 1/8 × 1 7/8 in.). From: Tomb of Mereri, Behind Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1898. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898.
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)
Vertical and stacked hieroglyphic sign fragments are present, but the image is too worn/fragmentary to transcribe reliably.
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