Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Cylinder Seal of Amenemhat Senbef
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
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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