Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Inscribed strip from shrine(?) with name of Apries
Description
Bronze or copper alloy
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 vertical slab with hieroglyphic inscriptions including a cartouche.
The artifact is a fragment of a stone slab featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions. It includes a prominent cartouche likely containing a royal name. The inscriptions are deeply carved and show signs of wear, but some details remain visible. The style indicates a focus on royal identification, typical of artifacts meant for commemorative or official purposes.
royal
unknown
fragmentary
Royals
unknown
Materials
stone
Signs
cartouche
ankh
reed ×2
Connections
Materials
Stone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414573 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 41.160.117 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546131 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.