Heqanahkt Letter II
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C. Papyrus, ink. H. 27.9 (11 in.), W. 40.8 cm (16 1/16 in.). From: Tomb of Ipy (TT 315, MMA 516B), Tomb of Meseh, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
The same text in other collections
Linked by shared inventory number
(ORAEC-id oraec150).
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- 2. Brief des Heqa-nacht / pMMA Hekanakhte II ORAEC textDeir el-Bahari
- MMA 22.3.517 PNM textDeir el-Bahri
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A photograph of an Egyptian papyrus fragment densely covered with black ink hieroglyphs arranged in horizontal lines, likely a letter or administrative text.
The object appears to be a rectangular papyrus sheet in a protective mount. The surface is filled with closely spaced black hieroglyphic script in multiple horizontal registers. There is no clearly legible royal cartouche or single, unambiguous name visible at this resolution. The papyrus shows areas of damage, including a prominent missing section toward the right-middle where the ink stops abruptly. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No visible figural imagery is present—only hieroglyphic writing. Deities are not clearly identifiable from specific determinatives or names in this image at the provided resolution. Overall, it is consistent with an inscribed Middle Kingdom papyrus written in ink on papyrus, matching the catalogue description of a letter.
Cross-references (6)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244163 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.517 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545446 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- ORAEC-id oraec150 tier-2 (inventory-match)
- PNM-Object pnm:83902002 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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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