Document Sealing with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Mud. H. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); w. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.); th. 0.8 cm (5/16 in.). From: King's Palace, West magazines, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–12. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911, 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 fragmentary, grey mud document-sealing impressed with a central cartouche-like oval containing a vertically arranged royal name.
The object appears to be a thick, irregular lump of dried mud with a flattened face. On the front is a rounded oval frame (cartouche/oval band) containing an upright arrangement of strokes that resemble hieroglyphic signs, though portions are chipped and the full sequence is not fully legible. The background around the impressed oval is worn and pitted, with breaks along the upper edge and right side. No clear deity iconography, vulture/Anubis, or other recognizably identifiable divine figures are visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present, and only Egyptian-like impressed hieroglyphs can be suggested by the oval frame and central sign shapes. Due to surface loss and limited legibility, specific signs and the full throne name cannot be securely transcribed.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
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.
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