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

Relief block with the names and titles of Amenemhat I and Senwosret I

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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.

A carved limestone slab featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions and possible cartouches.

The artifact is a limestone relief with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, including potential cartouches and various signs. The style is characteristic of formal inscription panels, with detailed carvings depicting symbols and figures in a structured composition. Some signs include birds, reeds, and other traditional hieroglyphic symbols.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials limestone
Signs bird ×2 reed ×3 ankh

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Royals Amenemhat
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116249546 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 08.200.10 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544138 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.