Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Mold for Plaque with Name of Tutankhamun

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Description

Caption: Mold for Plaque with Name of Tutankhamun, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Terracotta, 1 1/4 x 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. (3.1 x 1.6 x 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1052.4.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows several small reddish-brown ceramic/terracotta plaques or molds displayed on a wall, each with incised relief designs and projecting suspension points.

On a beige museum wall background, four terracotta objects are mounted or displayed in a row. They are oval/rounded plaques with raised borders and a central recessed area containing incised relief. Each object has a small projecting peg or loop at the top for attachment/suspension. The central motifs are worn but appear to include a central cartouche-like oval/rectangular form and surrounding hieroglyph-like strokes, though details are too unclear to securely identify the specific royal name. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The overall appearance matches the catalogue’s identification as a mold/plaque object, but the Tutankhamun inscription itself is not legible enough to confirm from this image alone.

decorative New Kingdom (Tutankhamun era) as per catalogue; exact inscription not legible here good
Royals unknown (cartouche-like inscription; Tutankhamun not legible)
Materials terracotta/ceramic
Signs cartouche/oval with surrounding hieroglyph-like strokes (exact name unclear)

Connections

Royals Tutankhamun

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession X1052.4 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 4329 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • 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.