Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Cylinder Seal of King Amenemhat Sebekhotep

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Glazed steatite

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image depicts a cylindrical seal with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The artifact is an ancient Egyptian cylindrical seal made of a light-colored stone. It features a vertical column of hieroglyphs within an oval cartouche, suggesting it may include a royal or divine name. The style is typical of inscribed cylindrical seals used for official and ceremonial purposes in ancient Egypt.

royal unknown good
Materials stone
Signs cartouche

Connections

Royals Amenemhat
Materials Stone
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  • 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.
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