Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · ostracon
Hieratic ostracon with a list of workmen's names New Kingdom, RamessideValley of the Kings
Description
Ostracon, hieratic. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Limestone, ink. L. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); W. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). From: Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis excavations. Credit: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909.
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)
Multiple lines of hieratic text (exact excerpt illegible/incomplete in the provided image).
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116438366 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.184.720 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 561361 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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