Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Carpenter's chest of Ankhef
Description
Wood, paint, stucco
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 rectangular limestone artifact with hieroglyphic inscriptions on its surface.
The artifact is a rectangular limestone block featuring a series of hieroglyphic inscriptions. The style is typical of formal Egyptian inscriptions, with clear and well-defined hieroglyphs arranged in horizontal and vertical registers. Notable features include the presence of iconic symbols like an ankh, and a reed, indicating possible religious or funerary significance. The upper surface appears flat, potentially part of a larger structure or an offering box.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
ankh
reed
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248090 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.31 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544288 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.