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Jar fragment

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 21.7.7. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 21.7.7
Find spot: Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep I
Date: ca. 1525–1504 B.C.
Date range: 1525 BCE – 1504 BCE
Materials: ['travertine (egyptian alabaster)']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep I, ca. 1525–1504 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 8.1 × W. 6.7 × D. 1.5 cm (3 3/16 × 2 5/8 × 9/16 in.). From: Tomb AN-B, Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations. Credit: Gift of the Earl of Carnarvon, 1921.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 554484). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

MMA 21.7.7 PNM textDra Abu el-Naga

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 carved stone jar fragment with relief hieroglyphic inscription on the front surface.

The object is a roughly rounded/rectangular fragment of a light-colored stone jar body, mounted on two thin metal supports. The visible front face bears an incised/relief inscription: a small register of hieroglyphs at the upper left and a larger, more crowded block of hieroglyphs extending across the mid-to-lower portion. No complete cartouche is fully preserved, and no clearly identifiable royal name or deity determinable from the remaining signs can be stated with confidence. The background surface appears smooth and worked, with break edges and missing lower/side portions consistent with a jar fragment. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The material appears consistent with light, chalky stone; however, the image alone cannot confirm travertine/alabaster beyond the catalogue assignment.

unclear New Kingdom (per catalogue) fragmentary

Materials light-colored stone (catalogue: travertine/egyptian alabaster)

Signs hieroglyphic characters (mixed signs; specific IDs unclear) ×20

Visible text "Hieroglyphic inscription present but not fully legible in this image; individual signs cannot be securely transcribed."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic inscription present but not fully legible in this image; individual signs cannot be securely transcribed.

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga

Royals Ahmose I

Cross-references (5)

Wikidata-Q Q116425891 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 21.7.7 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 554484 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
PNM-Object pnm:83899463 tier-2 (inventory-match)

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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.