Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Pyramid-Shaped Stamp Seal Inscribed With A Labyrinth Design
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
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.