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Door Jamb of Sitepihu

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Description

Door Jamb, Sitepihu. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Limestone. H. 155.9 cm (61 3/8 in.); w. 29.3 cm (11 9/16 in.). From: Cemetery D, Tomb D9, Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1900. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 548674). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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.

A tall limestone door-jamb fragment carved with multiple vertical registers of incised Egyptian hieroglyphs.

The object is a narrow, upright stone slab with one visible face covered by densely incised hieroglyphs arranged in vertical columns. The top portion shows the remains of a cartouche-like frame and other sign groupings, while lower registers include various rectangular and seated/standing figure-like sign forms. No clearly identifiable deity determinatives or full royal titulary are readable at this resolution; individual signs can be seen but exact identifications and counts cannot be reliably made. The broken lower edge shows rough chipping, and the carving quality suggests formal inscription text rather than purely decorative motifs. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; inscription style consistent but not precise enough for a firmer estimate from the image alone) fragmentary
Materials limestone (carved and inscribed surface)
Signs hieroglyphic signs (vertical columns; includes framed/possibly cartouche-like element near upper portion) ×40

Connections

Found at Abydos

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116274790 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 00.4.60 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548674 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83894189 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.
  • 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.