Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Bilingual Cylinder Seal
Description
Lapis-lazuli
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 blue faience cylinder with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a cylindrical piece crafted from blue faience, a material commonly used in ancient Egypt for amulets and small artworks. The surface is adorned with hieroglyphic inscriptions that are neatly carved, indicating the object's potential use as an official seal or decorative piece. The craftsmanship suggests careful attention to detail, with visible signs and clear demarcations.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Signs
unknown ×10
Connections
Materials
Faience
About this record's data
- 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.
- 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.