Sneferu Pyramid Temple Graffiti Images from the Middle Kingdom

The Griffith Institute Archive and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology provide images of graffiti from the Sneferu Pyramid Temple passage ceiling, dated to Egypt's Middle Kingdom. The dataset includes 22.4 MB of files in PDF, JPG, SVG, and TIF formats, published by Chloe Agar under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on April 28, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze graffiti styles and motifs based on the described temple passage imagery.
• Conduct paleographic studies of Middle Kingdom inscriptions based on the high-resolution image files.
• Create digital reconstructions or visualizations of the pyramid temple based on the architectural details in the images.
• Train image recognition models for ancient Egyptian epigraphy based on the graffito examples.

Strengths

• Includes 22.4 MB of high-resolution image files in multiple formats (JPG, TIF, SVG, PDF).
• Has clear provenance from two established institutions: the Griffith Institute and the Penn Museum.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Griffith Institute Archive, University of Oxford; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Collection Method

Likely contains photographic documentation of archaeological findings.

Time Range

Middle Kingdom period of ancient Egypt.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 10:17:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sneferu Pyramid Temple, Egypt.