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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Spacer with Cartouche of Amenophis III
Description
<p>This piece is a faience spacer bead with three rounded tubes joined by a plate in the shape of a cartouche. The tubes have rounded holes in them for the strings of a three row necklace or bracelet. It has a white background and the outline of the cartouche and the hieroglyphs within it are worked in a violet glaze. The name represented is the throne name of Pharoah Amenophis III, Neb-maat-re. The tan faience fabric may be seen along the upper edge where the glaze has been worn away.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.86' rel='external'>Spacer with Cartouche of Amenophis III</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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.
Rectangular spacer made of Egyptian faience with a blue-and-white glazed relief showing a blue oval cartouche-like field and surrounding raised decorative/hieroglyphic shapes.
The object is a small, rectangular faience spacer with a flat face. The background is predominantly white/light with scattered speckling, while a thick blue border frames the composition. In the center there is a prominent blue oval/rounded cartouche-like enclosure. Beneath and around it are additional blue raised elements that resemble parts of hieroglyphic signs, though the individual sign forms are not clear enough to transcribe reliably from this image resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No distinct full cartouche text naming a king is legible in the provided view.
decorative
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (likely reign of Amenophis III)
good
Materials
Egyptian faienceblue glazewhite/light glaze
Signs
Cartouche-like enclosure (unreadable)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Inscription] Nb-maat-re
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.86 tier-2
- Walters-id 14 tier-2
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