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Astronomical Ceiling Original: New KingdomDeir el-Bahri

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Description

Original: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Tempera on paper. Facsimile: H. 73 × W. 56.5 cm (28 3/4 × 22 1/4 in.); scale approximately 1:5;, Framed: H. 74.6 × W. 58.1 cm (29 3/8 × 22 13/16 in.). Original from: TT 353 (Tomb of Senenmut), hall, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Astronomy. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1948.

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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.

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