Inscribed Plaque with the Cartouche of Amunhotep III
Description
Caption: Inscribed Plaque with the Cartouche of Amunhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E., or later. Steatite, glaze, 1 5/8 x 13/16 x 1/8 in. (4.2 x 2 x 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.865E. (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 carved faience plaque depicting a standing figure, likely a deity.
This artifact is a small, rectangular faience plaque with rounded top corners, featuring a relief of a standing figure that appears to have divine associations. The figure is positioned in a frontal view, with details such as a headdress or crown suggesting a possible identification with a deity. The edges of the plaque are textured, and two perforations likely served for suspension or attachment. The plaque's style and craftsmanship suggest it may date to a period when faience was commonly used for religious or decorative objects.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.865E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117456 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.