Plaque with Name of Amenhotep III
Description
Object Label: Personal Arts under Amunhotep III King Amunhotep III supported artisans and workshops that produced extraordinary personal arts. The objects included faience, glass, and intricately designed pottery vessels and gold jewelry. Found in both domestic and funerary contexts, these luxury objects were prized by the living and often buried with their owners for use in the afterlife. The opulence of these objects reflects the splendor and extravagance of the reign of Amunhotep III—the self-styled “Dazzling Sun Disk of All Lands,” who initiated monumental building programs and commissioned vast amounts of sculpture —and anticipates the flamboyant style of Tutankhamun’s time (circa 1332–1322 B.C.E.). All objects in this case date to the reign of Amunhotep III (circa 1390–1352 B.C.E.) unless otherwise indicated. Caption: Plaque with Name of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 3/4 x 2 5/16 in. (4.5 x 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 40.126.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
A small rectangular blue faience plaque with a recessed, framed cartouche-like panel containing an incised hieroglyphic sign in greenish pigment.
The image shows a compact, rectangular plaque made of blue faience. The surface is worn with small chips and speckling consistent with excavation wear. In the center is a recessed inner frame (a border) enclosing a single vertical, stylized hieroglyphic/cartouche element filled with a contrasting greenish color. No surrounding multiple signs, deity figures, or additional text are clearly visible at this resolution. The plaque is mounted on a simple stand; the background appears to be a museum display area with other objects out of focus. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 40.126.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3451 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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