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Wadjet-eye Stamp Seal inscribed "Maatkare, Beloved of Amun"

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). l. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.2 cm (1/2 in); h. 0.8 cm 5/16 in). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7 (G), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.

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.

Green-glazed steatite oval stamp seal with an incised design resembling an eye and surrounding vertical register elements.

The object is an oval, ring-seal style stamp made of green glazed steatite. The seal face shows an incised central motif that looks like an eye (broad outer shape with an inner round element). Around it are additional incised forms arranged in vertical groupings, including a tall rectangular/obelisk-like element at the right and several stacked or blocky marks at the left and bottom. The glaze is worn in places, with small losses and surface speckling; the engraved lines remain visible as darker recesses. No clearly legible hieroglyphic signs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text can be confirmed from this image at the current resolution.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth); exact dynasty/king not confirmable from the image alone. good
Deities Wadjet (as an eye symbol; not fully confirmable)unknown deity
Materials steatite (glazed)green glaze
Signs Incised eye-like motif (Wadjet-eye style)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Deities AmunWadjet
Royals Hatshepsut
Materials SteatiteGreen Glaze

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.