Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Foundation Deposit Plaque
Description
Faience
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 rectangular faience object featuring a central hieroglyphic inscription within a border.
This artifact is a small rectangular piece made from faience, showcasing a simple yet distinct hieroglyphic carving. It features a central figure encased within a bordered frame, possibly representing a common motif in ancient Egyptian inscriptions. The turquoise-blue glaze typical of faience is evident, though some surface wear is visible.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
reed
other sign(s) ×2
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389553 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.3.254 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544727 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.