Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Carved Plaque
Description
Carnelian
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 carved gemstone featuring a seated figure, likely a deity or pharaoh, with attendants and hieroglyphs.
The artifact is an intricately carved gemstone, possibly a carnelian scarab, featuring a central seated deity or pharaoh figure surrounded by attendants. The composition includes hieroglyphic inscriptions and cartouches, suggesting royal or religious significance. The style is typical of Egyptian iconography with symmetrical composition and clear details in the figures' attire and poses.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Materials
carnelian
Signs
Ankh ×2
Cartouche
Connections
Materials
Carnelian
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247737 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1339 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544495 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.