Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Cylinder Seal of Amenemhat III
Description
Caption: Cylinder Seal of Amenemhat III, ca. 1818–1539 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 1 5/16 x Diam. 3/8 in. (3.3 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.61. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 small cylindrical artifact with vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a slender cylinder with intricate vertical carvings consisting of hieroglyphic symbols typical of ancient Egyptian script. The style and composition suggest it is an accessory or functional piece, possibly used as a seal. The cylindrical shape and detailed inscriptions indicate skilled craftsmanship.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh
djed
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 44.123.61 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3470 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.
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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.