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

Plaque from a Foundation Deposit of Senwosret I

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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.

Rectangular carved stone plaque bearing Egyptian hieroglyphs in sunken relief within the cartouche area and surrounding text/figures.

The image shows a vertically oriented, rectangular plaque with rounded top and bottom edges, carved in sunken relief. Multiple hieroglyph signs are visible: at the upper portion there appears to be a looped/oval sign framing a vertical element; near the middle there are horizontal and stacked signs including a squared/block-like sign; below are additional strokes and line arrangements that resemble hieroglyphic text rather than figurative decoration. The right side includes a clear square/rectangular sign. No clear deity figure (human/animal form) is identifiable at this resolution, and no clearly legible royal cartouche inscription for Senwosret I can be confirmed from the visible characters alone. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The surface is light-colored stone consistent with the catalogued travertine/alabaster, though the exact rock type cannot be verified from the image alone. Overall condition appears good with intact carved relief; some minor edge wear is visible.

religious Middle Kingdom (catalogued as Senwosret I foundation deposit plaque; exact dynasty not independently verifiable from image) good
Royals Senwosret I (uncertain; not clearly legible in the provided image)
Materials stone (light-colored, consistent with catalogued travertine/“Egyptian alabaster”)
Signs hieroglyphic text signs (unreadable fragments) ×10

Connections

Found at Lisht
Royals Senwosret I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243483 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 32.1.46 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555938 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.