Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ritual Implement Dedicated by a King Senwosret to Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II
Description
Hornblende granite
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.
An ancient Egyptian ceremonial palette with inscriptions.
The artifact is a well-preserved ceremonial palette made from a dark stone, featuring a vertical column of hieroglyphic inscriptions down its center. The shape is reminiscent of a flattened, stylized shield or scepter, with a rounded top. The craftsmanship is precise, with clear and relatively deep incisions for the hieroglyphs, suggesting it held significant importance, possibly related to a royal or religious function.
hieroglyphic only
Old Kingdom
excellent
Materials
stone
Signs
sedge and bee
basket
fish
Visible text
"ḥm nṯr Nṯrj-kȝ"
Connections
Materials
Stone
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)
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- 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.