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. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)f. From: Palace of Amenhotep III, West Villa B, Southern rubbish mound, west magazine, 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 broken fragment of a mud sealing impressed with Egyptian hieroglyphic signs, likely containing a royal name.
The object is a dark gray, irregular mud fragment with a molded/pressed incised face. On one side, a horizontal band of hieroglyphic signs is visible; the clearest element appears to be a vertical sign resembling a seated figure/form or a column-like hieroglyph within a larger bordered register. Adjacent to it are additional partial signs, but the fragmentary condition and low contrast make individual sign identification uncertain. No clear anthropomorphic deity figures, cartouche frame, or complete throne-name cartouche is legible in this image. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible. The surface shows cracking and chips consistent with an older mud sealing fragment.
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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