Plaque
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19–20 (Ramesside), ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Green glazed steatite. L. 1.8 × W. 1.3 × H. 0.4 cm (11/16 × 1/2 × 3/16 in.). From: Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
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 Egyptian plaque preserves traces of incised or molded dark symbols on a light greenish/tan surface; the right edge is chipped and part of the design is missing.
The object appears to be a thin, rectangular plaque with rounded/uneven edges and a broken/chipped right-hand side. The surface is mostly light greenish-tan with localized darker deposits and a central band containing several dark, sign-like forms. The left portion shows the start of a cluster of symbols, while the middle includes a figure-like or stacked sign arrangement; a vertical element on the right suggests remaining parts of a larger motif, possibly hieroglyphic. No clear iconographic figure (e.g., deity) is confidently identifiable from the visible fragment. The image contains no readable Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The presence of multiple sign-like elements supports that the plaque is inscribed with hieroglyphs, though the specific signs and their Gardiner codes cannot be securely determined from this resolution and condition.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116439845 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.564 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 565759 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.