Papyrus of Sitnebsekhtu, Heqanakht Letter IV
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C. Papyrus, ink. H. 28 cm (11 in.), W. 9.9 cm (3 7/8 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 oraec1782).
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Brief der Sat-neb-sechtu / pMMA Hekanakhte IV ORAEC textDeir el-Bahari
- MMA 22.3.519 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.
Two horizontally oriented fragments of papyrus bearing dark ink hieroglyphic text are shown mounted against a light background.
The image presents two separate papyrus pieces laid out one above the other. The papyrus fibers are visible with irregular edges and losses. Dense black/very dark ink covers most surviving surfaces with columned hieroglyphic writing; the strokes vary in thickness and there are occasional blank breaks where damage interrupts lines. No clear figural scenes, iconography, or colored pigment are visible—only writing. The provided catalogue identifies the object as a letter/papyrus related to Sitnebsekhtu and Heqanakht, but in the image the specific royal name cartouches and any exact readable spelling are not sufficiently clear to confirm. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible; only Egyptian-style hieroglyphs are apparent. Because individual signs and potential cartouche contents cannot be confidently read at this resolution, deity names and royal names are left as unclear/unknown.
Cross-references (6)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244161 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.519 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545448 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- ORAEC-id oraec1782 tier-2 (inventory-match)
- PNM-Object pnm:83902004 tier-2 (inventory-match)
About this record's data
- 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.