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Ritual Implement Dedicated by a King Senwosret to Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1961–1840 B.C. Hornblende granite. H. 8 5/16 × W. 2 9/16 × Th. 5/16 in. (21.1 × 6.5 × 0.8 cm). From: Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1924.

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.

A dark stone ritual implement with a bulbous top and a vertically incised hieroglyphic inscription.

The object is a vertically oriented implement with a rounded, slightly flared top resembling a stylized handle or end form. The body is mostly plain except for a single column of finely incised hieroglyphs running down the center. The surface appears dark, with a polished/ground look and small speckling from wear. No clearly legible cartouche boundaries are visible at this resolution, but the inscription text is clearly present in hieroglyphic script. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

religious Middle Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Materials dark stone (bronze/blackened appearance)engraved hieroglyphs
Signs hieroglyphic inscription (vertical column)
Visible text "Non-legible at this image resolution; appears as a vertical column of hieroglyphs on the central face."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Non-legible at this image resolution; appears as a vertical column of hieroglyphs on the central face.

Connections

Royals Mentuhotep II
Materials Engraved Hieroglyphs

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116248279 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 24.2.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544199 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.