Mud jar sealing
Description
Sealing, jar. Predynastic, Late Naqada III–Early Dynastic Period, ca. 3200–2650 B.C. Clay, mud. From: Tomb 414, Tarkhan, Fayum Entrance Area, Egypt. Excavation: BSAE excavations 1911-1913. Credit: Gift of The Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1912.
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 roughly oval, thick clay/mud sealing fragment with an impressed surface showing incised/pressed marks arranged in rows.
The image shows a single broken, irregular lump of brownish mud/clay on a light background. Its surface is uneven due to breakage, but one side preserves a dense field of impressed incisions: many small pits/holes and short linear strokes clustered in bands, suggesting an applied seal impression or tool-marked matrix rather than open-form vessel decoration. No clear human figures, animals, or readable hieroglyph groups are discernible in the photograph. There is no visible metal or pigment; the material appears uniform earthen. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No royal name cartouches or deity figures can be securely identified from the markings as photographed.
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