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Plaque with Name of Amenhotep III

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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-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A blue faience amulet with a hieroglyphic inscription.

The artifact is a rectangular blue faience amulet featuring a single central hieroglyph. The surface shows some wear, but the bright color of the faience is preserved. Notable is the prominent single glyph that appears to have symbolic significance, common in protective amulets.

decorative New Kingdom good
Materials faience
Signs reed
Visible text "j"

Connections

Found at Egypt
Royals Tutankhamun
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 40.126.1 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3451 tier-2
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