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

Cylinder Seal of Amenemhat Senbef

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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.

A cylindrical object with hieroglyphs and a cartouche.

The artifact is a cylindrical item made from faience, featuring inscriptions including a notable cartouche. The hieroglyphs are intricately carved, with a blue-green glaze typical of Egyptian faience work. The composition centers around a cartouche, possibly identifying a royal name, surrounded by additional hieroglyphs.

royal New Kingdom good
Materials faience
Signs Ankh Cartouche

Connections

Royals Amenemhat
Materials Faience
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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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