Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · ostracon
Ostracon with hieratic inscription Asasif
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside–Late Period, Dynasty 19–26, ca. 1295–525 B.C. Limestone, ink. H. 10.1 × W. 12.3 × D. 4 cm (4 × 4 13/16 × 1 9/16 in.). From: East of Pabasa, Radim, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1918–19. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1919.
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)
Hieratic inscription; exact transcription unreadable at this resolution (multiple lines of dark signs visible).
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