Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Door Jamb of Rau

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Description

Limestone

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.

An upright limestone pillar inscribed with vertical columns of hieroglyphs.

The artifact is a rectangular limestone stela, featuring two vertical columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions. The composition is neatly organized with symbols carved in relief. Some symbols are enclosed in cartouches, indicating royal names. The craftsmanship suggests a formal and ceremonial context, typical of ancient Egyptian religious or royal inscriptions.

royal New Kingdom good
Royals unknown
Materials limestone
Signs cartouche ×2 ankh

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116274791 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.2.55 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548676 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.