Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Door Jamb of Rau
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
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)
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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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.