Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Shoulder fragment of a figural tile, with the cartouche of Ramesses III

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Description

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

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.

Fragmentary shoulder piece of a figural tile bearing a vertical column of hieroglyphs alongside part of a cartouche area.

The image shows a small, curved-edged stone fragment with a recessed/relief carved face. On the left side there is a vertical register of hieroglyphs in a column, bordered by a darker outline. The lower portion includes curved, pleated/feather-like sculpting beneath the text. Above and around the central field are several small raised pellets or circular marks. On the right edge there are additional red marks/ink-like annotations (likely modern). The central cartouche content is not fully visible; only surrounding architectural/ornamental elements and a partial cartouche-like frame are suggested by the remaining relief and the presence of hieroglyphs, but the name cannot be read with certainty from this view. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside (as catalogued; exact reign unreadable from the fragment image). fragmentary
Materials stone (likely travertine/egyptian alabaster as catalogued)
Signs vertical column of hieroglyphs (part of royal titulary/cartouche context; exact signs unreadable) ×6
Visible text "Unclear: a vertical column of carved hieroglyphs is present on the left, but the text is not legible enough in the provided image to transcribe or confirm 'Ramesses III' by reading the cartouche."

Connections

Royals Ramesses III

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116440391 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 89.2.258 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 568067 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.