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Inscribed Stone from Hatshepsut's Valley Temple

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Quartzite. H 16.3 × W 11.8 × D 5.5 cm (6 7/16 × 4 5/8 × 2 3/16 in.). From: Foot of Hatshepsut's causeway, Ptolemaic radim, Asasif, Birabi, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1932.

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.

Small, weathered rectangular stone fragment bearing an incised vertical Egyptian hieroglyphic sign arrangement.

The image shows a small rectangular stela-like fragment with rounded edges and a rough, granular surface. One side preserves a limited set of incised hieroglyphs arranged vertically within an intact-looking register area. The visible marks include a distinct looped/oval form at the upper right and a larger vertical stroke with attached elements lower down; however, the full sequence is incomplete due to damage and cropping. No cartouche border, full royal titulary, or clearly identifiable deity determinatives are preserved in the visible area. The inscription appears to be incised (cut into the stone), with no visible paint. The stone color and texture look consistent with a hard pale sandstone/quartzite-like material, but the image alone cannot confirm the exact quarry/material.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (per catalogue); specific reign unclear from visible fragment fragmentary
Materials stone (pale, granular; likely quartzite as catalogued)
Signs Unidentified incised hieroglyph (loop/oval form) Unidentified incised hieroglyph (vertical stroke with attached elements)
Visible text "Vertical incised hieroglyphs; specific sign values not fully recoverable from the damaged, limited portion shown."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical incised hieroglyphs; specific sign values not fully recoverable from the damaged, limited portion shown.

Connections

Found at Asasif
Royals Hatshepsut

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116428200 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 32.3.284 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555104 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.