Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Relief fragment from tomb of Meketre

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Description

Limestone

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 limestone fragment with partial hieroglyphic inscription.

The artifact is a fragmentary piece of limestone with a partial hieroglyphic inscription visible on its surface. It appears to be a part of a larger artifact, likely architectural or decorative in purpose. The style of the hieroglyphs suggests a formal or ceremonial use. The fragment is mounted for preservation and display.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs partial hieroglyph ×3

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Limestone
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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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.