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Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Mud. H. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); w. 2.4 cm (15/16 in.); th. 0.6 cm (1/4 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, dark gray fired/formed mud sealing fragment bearing incised/impressed hieroglyphic signs and a semicircular emblem-like border.

The object is a rectangular-to-oval fragment of mud with a rough, cracked surface. The face shows a horizontal border formed by a curved, thick raised/impressed band, enclosing a cluster of incised vertical strokes and partial sign forms. A second band or segment appears at the upper left, with additional worn signs above the main enclosed area. No clear cartouche outline or full throne-name grouping is distinctly legible at this resolution; individual signs are heavily eroded and partly broken. No pigments, fibers, or other materials are visible beyond the mud substrate. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present, and only Egyptian-style hieroglyphic impressions are visible.

decorative New Kingdom (likely 18th Dynasty); exact reign unclear from image alone fragmentary
Royals Amenhotep III (throne name of Amenhotep III) — not clearly legible in this image but consistent with catalogue description
Materials mud
Signs incised vertical stroke cluster (hieroglyphic signs; exact identification unclear) ×10
Visible text "Egyptian hieroglyphic impressions within a rounded border; individual signs too eroded to quote confidently."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Egyptian hieroglyphic impressions within a rounded border; individual signs too eroded to quote confidently.

Connections

Found at Malqata
Deities PtahThoth
Royals Amenhotep III
Materials Mud
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