Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture

Plaque

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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.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued; inscription/signs not sufficiently legible to refine) fragmentary
Materials light greenish/tan stone or ceramic surfacedark pigment or incised dark traces (possibly glaze/lining)
Signs unknown hieroglyphic sign(s) / group (illegible fragment) ×6

Connections

Found at Lisht
Deities PtahSet

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)
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  • 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.
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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.