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

Name panel from inner wall of Senwosret I pyramid complex

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Description

Limestone

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.

Two tall limestone name-panel blocks with recessed relief, each showing incised hieroglyphic bands and a central framed oval/cartouche-like element above a figure-like arrangement.

The image shows two adjacent upright stone panels in a museum setting. Both are light-colored limestone blocks with broken edges and visible surface losses. Each panel has a framed decorative field near the lower portion with hieroglyphic signs arranged in rows, and a central oval/cartouche-like form bordered by relief. Above the main text/ornament, smaller carved elements form a register that includes what appears to be a standing male divine or royal figure posture, though details are damaged and exact attributes are not fully legible. The right panel shows a similar composition: a central oval/cartouche-like motif with surrounding hieroglyphs and a lower register with additional sign groupings. No clear cartouche text spelling the king’s name is fully readable from this photograph; therefore any attribution to Senwosret I is tentative. No modern inscriptions are legible; only carved hieroglyphic relief is visible.

royal Middle Kingdom (approx. 12th Dynasty) fragmentary
Materials limestone (light tan)
Signs oval/cartouche-like element (text not legible) ×2 hieroglyphic sign groups in rectangular registers ×10

Connections

Found at Lisht
Royals Senwosret I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252140 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 34.1.207 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 574435 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.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.