Upper Part of a Door Panel
Description
Wood (Abies sp. or Cedrus sp.), paint, linen, traces of gold, bronze or copper alloy
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A reddish-brown wooden panel featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a rectangular wooden panel with a reddish-brown surface. The lower part of the panel is adorned with a distinctive set of hieroglyphic inscriptions, which are framed by vertical lines on each side. The panel appears weathered with visible cracks, which suggests considerable age. The hieroglyphs are neatly arranged in rows and columns, providing insight into the communication or record-keeping style of ancient Egypt. The overall style and composition are typical of Egyptian inscriptions used for recording events or marking objects.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413599 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.2.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544474 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.