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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. Limestone, ink. H 4.6 × W 10.4 × D 4.8 cm (5 3/4 × 4 1/8 × 1 7/8 in.). From: Foot of Hatshepsut's causeway, Ptolemaic radim, Asasif, Birabi, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1932.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 560151). 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 rectangular limestone fragment bears an incised panel with a central figure-like motif and a vertical line of hieroglyphs on the left edge.

The object appears to be a small, irregularly shaped limestone slab. An incised, rounded-rectangle frame surrounds a central motif that resembles a standing human figure silhouette (details within are unclear due to abrasion and resolution). Along the left side of the fragment there are vertical incised hieroglyphic signs, aligned in a column. No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The catalogued note of 'ink' is not clearly verifiable in this image (no distinct modern ink staining can be confirmed). Overall carving is shallow and somewhat worn, making specific sign identification uncertain.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (per catalogue; exact reign not confirmed from the image) fragmentary
Materials limestone (stone surface)
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs (unreadable/uncertain) ×5
Visible text "Unclear vertical incised hieroglyphs; exact transcription not possible from the image."

Connections

Found at Asasif
Royals Hatshepsut
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276748 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 32.3.271 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 560151 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83914473 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.