Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Relief fragment, Meketre Middle KingdomSouthern Asasif
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, early, ca. 1981–1975 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 5.9 × W. 7.1 × D. 1.6 cm (2 5/16 × 2 13/16 × 5/8 in.). From: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920.
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)
Partial, illegible hieroglyphic strokes; no complete word/cartouche preserved.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275114 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.3.1041 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 562118 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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