Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Letter written in hieratic script on papyrus New KingdomDeir el-Bahri
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Papyrus, ink. L. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in); w. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, In rubbish near foundation deposit 9, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.
The same text in other collections
Linked by shared inventory number
(ORAEC-id oraec1778).
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Brief von Tit an Djehuti / pMMA 27.3.560 ORAEC textDeir el-Bahari
- MMA 27.3.560 PNM textDeir el-Bahri
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.
Cross-references (2)
- ORAEC-id oraec1778 tier-2 (inventory-match)
- PNM-Object pnm:83914441 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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