Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · ostracon
Hieratic ostracon recording the accession of Seti II New Kingdom, RamessideValley of the Kings
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, Reign of Seti II, ca. 1200–1194 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 15.5 × W. 15 × D. 2.8 cm (6 1/8 × 5 7/8 × 1 1/8 in.). From: Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis excavations, before 1913. Subject: Hieratic. Credit: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1913.
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)
Multiple lines of hieratic script (individual sign readings not confidently legible from the image).
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244994 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 14.6.217 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545194 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.