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Relief with the head of a female personification of an estate Old KingdomLisht North

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Description

Relief, female personification of an estate. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu, ca. 2551–2528 B.C. Limestone. H. 30 cm (11 13/16 in.); W. 22 cm (8 11/16 in.). From: Pyramid of Amenemhat I, west side of core, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Subject: Birds, Women. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.

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)

Partial hieroglyphic signs only; no complete readable line or cartouche preserved.

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252354 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.7 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 543891 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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