Ostracon
Description
Early New Kingdom–Ramesside Period, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 9.8 × W. 9.2 × D. 2.7 cm (3 7/8 × 3 5/8 × 1 1/16 in.). Probably from: Deir el-Medina. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1913.
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 broken, tan limestone ostracon with faded reddish-brown and darker ink/pigment hieroglyphic writing and traces of painted figures or signs.
The image shows a single fragmentary ostracon (irregular, roughly oval shape) with a light limestone surface and visible areas where pigment has flaked. Across the right and central portions there are clusters of dark and reddish-brown painted marks consistent with Egyptian hieroglyphs. Some signs appear stacked or aligned in horizontal bands, suggesting written text rather than a scene. A small numbering-like mark in red is visible near the lower left/center, but no Greek/Coptic/Arabic is legible. No clearly identifiable cartouche or royal name is confidently readable at this resolution. No deities can be identified with certainty; the visible marks are too fragmentary for reliable deity attribution.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116431343 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.182.33 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 555944 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.