Cylinder Seal of Amenemhat II
Description
Caption: Cylinder Seal of Amenemhat II, ca. 1876–1842 B.C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 1 3/16 x 3/8 in. (3 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.52. (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 cylindrical seal with Egyptian hieroglyphs carved into its surface.
The artifact is a stone cylinder seal featuring intricately carved hieroglyphs. It appears to be made of a brown material, possibly stone or clay. The hieroglyphs are depicted in a vertical column, typical of ancient Egyptian seal design, which suggests it may have been used as an administrative or official stamp. The craftsmanship is detailed, indicating skilled workmanship.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 44.123.52 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3469 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.