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Raised relief fragment Late Period, SaiteDeir el-Bahri

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Description

Relief, Tomb of Nespekashuty. Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, reign of Psamtik I, 664–610 B.C. Limestone. H. 7.4 × W. 12.4 × D. 8.1 cm (2 15/16 × 4 7/8 × 3 3/16 in.). From: Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), 1st chamber W. wall; bottom register, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.

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)

Vertical column of raised hieroglyphic signs; individual characters not fully legible due to damage.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116415371 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 23.3.764 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547994 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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