Relief fragment, tomb of Mereri
Description
Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 7–10, ca. 2100–2090 B.C. Limestone. H. 20.8 × W. 11.3 × D. 9.5 cm (8 3/16 × 4 7/16 × 3 3/4 in.). From: Tomb of Mereri, Behind Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations, 1897–98. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898.
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.
Carved limestone relief fragment showing a standing human figure and vertical columns of hieroglyphs beside and/or in front of the figure.
The image depicts a roughly rectangular, vertically oriented limestone relief fragment with weathering and edge losses. A standing figure is carved in raised relief at left/center, facing forward, with a long garment and a stylized head. Between the figure and the right side of the fragment are vertical stacks of hieroglyph-like signs, some still legible as small angular strokes and grouped sign forms. At the bottom there is a threshold/ground line indicated in relief. The right field contains additional vertical sign groups, but the exact reading is unclear due to damage and low resolution.
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.