Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Ostracon with a donkey New KingdomDeir el-Bahri
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Limestone, ink. H. 7 × W. 7.5 cm (2 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.). From: Hatshepsut Hole, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. Subject: Donkeys. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.
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)
No reliably legible individual hieroglyphs or words; only partial/unclear sign strokes and a figural animal sketch are visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244907 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.3.8 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545205 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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