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Ostracon with a figure of the god Iunmutef

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Description

Ostracon, figured. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Limestone, ink. H. 42 cm (16 9/16 in.), w. 18 cm (7 1/16 in.). From: Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis excavations, 1913. Subject: Human Figures, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1914.

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.

A limestone ostracon with red and black ink depicting a standing human figure and surrounding rows of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

The image shows an irregularly shaped limestone ostracon viewed frontally. A standing, idealized figure is drawn in outline/flat color with a staff or raised implement in one hand. Multiple columns and registers of hieroglyphic signs fill the background around the figure, written in black ink with occasional red marks. Small colored paint accents (notably red) are visible on parts of the figure and text, while the remainder is in black. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic script is visible. The deity is not explicitly nameable from the low-resolution hieroglyphs with confidence, but the catalogue subject indicates a figure connected with Iunmutef. Condition appears fair with edge losses and surface wear.

religious New Kingdom, Ramesside (as catalogued) fragmentary
Deities Iunmutef (as per catalogue title; not independently legible)
Materials limestoneink (black/red)
Signs Egyptian hieroglyphs (unreadable in detail at this resolution) ×20

Connections

Found at Valley of the Kings
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247431 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 14.6.212 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544715 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.