Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Ax head inscribed for Khumeh with two baboons and a papyrus column Middle Kingdom–Early New KingdomSheikh Abd el-Qurna
Description
Ax head with 2 cynocephali apes and papyrus column. Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 12–18, ca. 1981–1550 B.C. Bronze or copper alloy. H. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in); W. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in). From: Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Animals, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
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(MET-Object 544816).
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- MMA 26.7.834 PNM textDra Abu el-Naga
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
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.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Unable to reliably transcribe; hieroglyphic lines are visible but individual signs are not clear enough for confident identification/exact excerpt.
Connections
Found at
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246384 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.834 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544816 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83894537 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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