Scribe’s Games Β· real objects

Stela Reader

Real inscribed objects from museum collections. Zoom into the photograph and tap the signs in reading order; the transliteration and translation assemble as you go.

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art Β· 08.200.11Β· Free

    Relief fragment with the Son of Re name of Amenemhat I

    Middle Kingdom, reign of Amenemhat I, c. 1981–1952 BCE

    1 phrase Β· 2 signs

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art Β· 08.200.9

    Relief block with the names of Amenemhat I and Senwosret I

    Middle Kingdom, c. 1962–1952 BCE (co-regency of Amenemhat I and Senwosret I)

    3 phrases Β· 9 signs

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art Β· 57.95

    Stela of the Overseer of the Fortress Intef

    Middle Kingdom, reign of Seankhkare Mentuhotep III, c. 2000–1988 BCE

    1 phrase Β· 10 signs

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art Β· 12.184

    Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

    Middle Kingdom, reign of Senwosret I, year 17, c. 1944 BCE

    1 phrase Β· 11 signs

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art Β· 28.3.35

    Stela of Aafenmut

    Third Intermediate Period, reign of Osorkon I, c. 924–891 BCE

    1 phrase Β· 2 signs

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art Β· 12.183.8

    False Door of the Royal Sealer Neferiu

    Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period, c. 2150–2010 BCE

    1 phrase Β· 2 signs

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    The British Museum Β· EA 24

    The Rosetta Stone

    Ptolemaic period, 196 BCE

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