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Sealing Middle KingdomLisht South

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12–13, ca. 2030–1640 B.C. Clay (unfired). From: Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north temple gateway, Lisht South, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1914.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Heavily eroded/molded hieroglyphic text in a rectangular panel; specific transliteration not readable from the provided image.

Connections

Found at Lisht
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  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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