Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ball
Description
Clay or mud
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.
An ancient clay seal with inscribed symbols.
The image shows a clay seal with carved symbols, possibly hieroglyphs or proto-script. The seal is rounded and appears to have been impressed with a stamp. The surface has marks but is generally well-preserved, displaying symbols and possibly geometric patterns typical of sealing practices.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
good
Materials
clay
Signs
unknown ×3
Connections
Materials
Clay
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.