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

Pyramid-Shaped Stamp Seal Inscribed With A Labyrinth Design

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

Description

Brown limestone, Indurated

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 stone artifact with geometric patterns in relief.

The artifact is a small, rectangular block with intricate geometric patterns carved into its surface. The patterns consist of swirling lines and rounded forms, reminiscent of maze or labyrinth designs. The relief is shallow, suggesting a decorative purpose. The style is abstract with no identifiable iconography related to Egyptian mythology or royal symbolism.

decorative unknown good
Materials stone

Connections

Materials Stone
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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.
  • 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.