Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · papyrus
Model of Papyrus Roll from the Tomb of Thutmose IV
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 bright blue faience cylinder featuring a hieroglyphic inscription.
The object is a small, cylindrical piece made of blue faience, which is a glazed non-clay ceramic material commonly used in ancient Egyptian artifacts. The surface of the cylinder shows signs of wear, with minor chips and abrasions revealing the lighter material beneath. A single hieroglyphic sign is visible, inscribed in a dark color contrasting with the blue surface. The inscription appears centered on the object. The style suggests a decorative purpose, possibly a part of larger assemblage or offering.
decorative
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Signs
loop
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413694 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.32 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544838 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.