Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model of a Scribe's Palette Inscribed for Amenhotep
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Elongated artifact with vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a long, narrow piece with inscriptions running vertically along its length. The composition suggests it might have been part of a larger object or structure. Notable features include well-preserved hieroglyphs and a central decorative element. The piece appears to be made of stone, possibly limestone, and is relatively intact with visible cracks.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
ankh
djed
wedjat
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116274941 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 37.2.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548596 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.