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Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre

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Description

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, early, ca. 1981–1975 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 9.9 × W. 8.5 × D. 1.9 cm (3 7/8 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in.). From: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920.

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 limestone relief fragment showing part of an Egyptian hieroglyph/sign register with a vertical column of strokes and a seated/standing leg-and-foot-like motif and a bracketed form at the right edge.

The image depicts a roughly rectangular, broken limestone relief fragment with worn surfaces. On the left side there is a clear hieroglyph-like sign composed of rectangular blocks and vertical strokes. The center includes a tall, vertically carved element resembling a column of alternating light/dark bands or strokes. At the right, a curved hook-like and bracketed U/C-shaped element is visible, with additional vertical marks below/adjacent to it. The fragment is carved in low relief and the figures/signs occupy a single register. No full human figure, deity attributes, or a complete cartouche is visible. There is no legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text in the image. Paint is not clearly distinguishable at this resolution; surface color appears mostly stone-gray with possible darkening from age.

hieroglyphic only Middle Kingdom (consistent with catalogue; exact dynasty reign and Meketre name not legible from fragment) fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs Unidentified hieroglyphic sign(s) / vertically incised strokes (partial) ×3
Visible text "Partial hieroglyphic carving only; no readable full text or cartouche in the provided image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Partial hieroglyphic carving only; no readable full text or cartouche in the provided image.

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275084 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 20.3.994 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 562137 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.