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Door Jamb of Rau

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Description

Door Jamb, Rau. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Limestone. H. 145 cm (57 1/16 in.); w. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). Said to be from: Dra Abu el-Naga. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1926.

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.

Vertical limestone door-jamb fragment bearing dense vertical columns of Egyptian hieroglyphs and one central seated king/figure before gods or ritual emblems.

The image shows a tall, rectangular limestone piece with an upright orientation. Its surface is covered in multiple registers/vertical columns of carved Egyptian hieroglyphs. At the upper portion, signs and a small framed section include what appears to be a cartouche-like or royal-title enclosure, though the exact name is not fully legible at this resolution. In the middle-lower area, a larger human figure (likely a king or priest) is depicted in profile facing another element, with surrounding hieroglyphs and ritual symbols. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The carving is worn but still readable in places; however, specific individual signs and the full royal name cannot be reliably transcribed from the provided image.

religious New Kingdom (as catalogued; exact reign unclear from image) good
Deities unknown (gods present but not clearly identifiable in the image)
Royals unknown (Rau referenced by catalogue title, but not legible enough to confirm the exact cartouche/name from this image)
Materials limestone
Signs Multiple vertical columns of Egyptian hieroglyphs (standard door-jamb formulae; exact signs not fully legible) ×30
Visible text "Incompletely legible vertical hieroglyphs; no secure excerpt can be transcribed from the provided image."

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.