Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Ostracon with liliform capital Late Period, SaiteDeir el-Bahri
Description
Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, reign of Psamtik I, 664–610 B.C. Limestone, ink. H. 11 × W. 12.8 cm (4 5/16 × 5 1/16 in.). From: Tomb of Nespakashuty (TT 312, MMA 509a), in the rubbish of the court, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. Credit: Rogers Fund, 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)
Vertical column of dark ink hieroglyphs; exact transcription unclear/illegible due to fragmentation.
Connections
Found at
Deir el-Bahri
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280848 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 23.3.35 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 558432 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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