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Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III New KingdomMalqata
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Mud. H. 2.3 cm (7/8 in.); w. 2.1 cm (13/16 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
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Impressed hieroglyphic signs forming part of the royal name/throne-name; readable elements appear to include the sequence consistent with “Amenhotep” but the full transcription is not fully secure due to breakage.
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