WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Plaque with Request for the Support of Re
Description
<p>This symmetrical long-oval placque has a single sided, vertically arranged inscription with column writing requesting the special support of Re. The plaque is good and carefully made, but the inscription is roughly done. The style of the script signs and the content of the text are unusual and without parallel. The excellent carving of the plaque and the sloppy layout of the inscription make it likely that the plaque was an original, and the inscription a modern addition.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.78' rel='external'>Plaque with Request for the Support of Re</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.
The image shows an oval, reddish polished carnelian plaque with incised/outlined figures or bands resembling hieroglyphic text, but details are too unclear to securely identify specific signs.
The object is a rounded oval plaque with a glossy surface. The visible decoration consists of light-colored incised lines and bands across the face, forming several horizontal and diagonal elements; however, the individual hieroglyphs are not legible at this resolution. No clearly readable Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. There are no distinct royal cartouches or names discernible, and no deity attributes can be reliably matched. The surface shows wear, chips, and discoloration spots consistent with an ancient engraved stone artifact.
unclear
unclear (carnelian inscribed plaques are often Roman/late antique or earlier depending on context, but no secure dating features are legible here)
fragmentary
Materials
light red carnelianpolished stone surface
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] May you be great, chosen by Re. (?)
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.78 tier-2
- Walters-id 14096 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
- 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.