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Fragment of weight inscribed for Princess Neferu-sherit

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Description

Fragment of weight, Neferu-sherit. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12–13, ca. 1981–1640 B.C. Granite. l. 5 cm (1 15/16 in); w. 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in); th. 3 cm (1 3/16 in) weight 194.8 g. From: Cemetery, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.

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Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 556981). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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 roughly shaped stone fragment bearing carved Egyptian hieroglyphs in low relief, with a figure-like arrangement of signs across the visible face.

The image shows a grey, mottled stone fragment (catalogued as granite) photographed against a light background. The main surface contains a dense field of incised/carved hieroglyphs in low relief; the left and central areas appear to include human/figure-associated grouping (likely part of an inscription) while the right side shows additional rectangular and bar-like sign forms. No clear royal cartouches or specific personal names can be securely read from the current resolution and the worn/abraded surface. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text.

hieroglyphic only Middle Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth) fragmentary
Materials granite
Signs hieroglyphic signs (individual characters not confidently legible) ×10

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Granite

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243027 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.785 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 556981 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83899551 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.