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. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.); w. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.); th. 1 cm (3/8 in.). From: King's Palace, 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 small, irregular mud sealing fragment bearing incised hieroglyphic signs, photographed in a studio setting.
The object appears as a broken, thick mud lump with a curved, oval sealing impression area. Incised hieroglyphic signs are visible across the central face; the marks look like rows of upright sign forms with some rounded or rectangular components, but the individual signs are not fully legible due to breakage and surface erosion. One area on the left shows what may be part of a cartouche-like enclosed sign group or border element, yet the boundaries and text remain unclear. No figurative decoration or clear divine iconography is visible. The reverse is not shown clearly beyond the broken mud surfaces.
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.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.