Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Heqanakht Papyrus Fragments Middle KingdomDeir el-Bahri
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1917 B.C. Papyrus, ink. Fragment A: H. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.), W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); Fragment B: H. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.), W. 6.3 cm (2 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.
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)
Irregular black ink hieroglyphic signs in horizontal groupings; no specific readable royal names or deity names discernible from this image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244145 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.523a–f tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545452 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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