Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Ostracon New Kingdom, RamessideValley of the Kings
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Limestone, ink. H. 36 × W. 20.4 × D. 6.5 cm (14 3/16 × 8 1/16 × 2 9/16 in.). From: slope above Merneptah (KV 8), Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1920. Credit: Gift of the Earl of Carnarvon, 1923.
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)
Red-brown ink figure and surrounding vertical hieroglyphic-style strokes; specific sign transcription unclear.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116430931 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.7.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 555557 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.