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Doorjamb from a Temple of Ramesses II

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Description

Door jamb, temple of Ramesses II. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Granite. H. 428 × W. 139 × D. 99 cm (14 ft. 1/2 in. × 54 3/4 in. × 39 in.). From: Temple of Ramesses IV, unfinished, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13. Subject: Amun. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1913.

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 stone doorjamb scene with two attendant figures holding a central censer/stand and dense hieroglyphic text fields.

The image shows a rectangular carved architectural element in low relief. On the left and right are standing human figures in Egyptian kilt attire, facing inward toward a central vertical element. Between them is a small stand/censer-like object with accompanying hieroglyphic signs and vertical text columns above and below. Additional hieroglyphs occupy the top register and the bottom border area, indicating a dedicatory/ritual inscription typical of temple door-jambs. No clearly legible royal cartouche or specific name is identifiable from the provided resolution. The surface appears weathered and speckled like dark stone with lighter granular texture; the exact stone type (e.g., granite) cannot be confirmed visually beyond the general stone appearance. No modern or non-Egyptian script is visible.

religious New Kingdom, Ramesside (catalogue states Ramesses II; inscription not legible enough here to confirm) good
Deities unknown
Materials stone (granular, speckled; likely granite but not confirmable from image alone)
Signs Egyptian hieroglyphs in vertical columns (unidentified individual signs due to resolution) ×30
Visible text "Hieroglyphic text is present in vertical columns and along the bottom border; individual signs and any royal name/cartouche are not clearly legible in this image. "

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic text is present in vertical columns and along the bottom border; individual signs and any royal name/cartouche are not clearly legible in this image.

Connections

Found at Asasif
Royals Ramesses II

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247399 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.183.2a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544718 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.