Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief with hieroglyphic label "Lord of Cats' Town" Old KingdomLisht North
Description
Relief, hieroglyphic label "Lord of Cats' Town". Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5–6, ca. 2353–2150 B.C. Limestone. H. 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.); W. 38.1 cm (15 in.); D. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). From: Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat I, debris, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
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)
Unreadable from the image resolution; appears to be an Egyptian hieroglyphic label with multiple stacked signs.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252842 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.1708 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551093 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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