Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Wadjet-eye Stamp Seal inscribed "Maatkare, Beloved of Amun"
Description
Steatite (glazed)
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 faience scarab seal with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
This is an oval-shaped faience scarab seal featuring a series of hieroglyphs. The composition includes various signs, possibly spelling out a name or title. The glaze is typical of faience, providing a glossy and colorful appearance. Notable features include the detailed engraving of the individual hieroglyphs which are clearly visible on the surface.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
reed
pool
vulture
basket
arm
Visible text
"unknown"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245087 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.3.251 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545159 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.