Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Artist's Scaled Drawing of Hieroglyphs
Description
Limestone, ink
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A fragmentary ostracon with red and black lines of hieroglyphic draftsmanship.
The artifact is a limestone ostracon featuring a grid pattern drawn in red lines with some black outlines of hieroglyphic forms. The style suggests draft or preparatory work, possibly by an ancient scribe practicing sign forms. The notable features include the clear grid layout, which aides in aligning the hieroglyphs.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Signs
reed leaf
hoe
Visible text
"null"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245150 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.3.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545148 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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