Heqanakht Account VII
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C. Papyrus, ink. H. 27 (10 7/8 in); w. 19 cm (7 1/2 in). From: Tomb of Ipy (TT 315, MMA 516B), Tomb of Meseh, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22. Subject: Documents, Hieratic. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
The same text in other collections
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(MET-Object 545451).
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- MMA 22.3.522 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.
Fragmentary sheet of papyrus covered with dense Egyptian ink writing and cursive hieroglyphic notes arranged in horizontal lines.
The image shows a worn papyrus fragment with a predominantly beige surface and multiple lines of dark ink marks forming hieroglyphic/cursive Egyptian text. The writing is concentrated across the central and upper parts; portions are missing due to edge losses and flaking. There are repeated vertical stroke elements and clustered sign groups consistent with administrative or literary accounting text. A small portion of text and a larger black ink blot/overwriting mark appear toward the lower center, and several columns/rows of writing can be seen separated by line spacing. No clear royal cartouche, deity determinative, or illustrated figure is identifiable from the image at this resolution. No non-Egyptian scripts (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244147 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.522 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545451 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83902007 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.