Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel

Clay jar sealing

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Baked clay

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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact with visible hieroglyphs.

The image shows a fragment of what appears to be an ancient Egyptian clay or stone piece with visible incised hieroglyphs. The material has a rugged texture, suggesting it has survived considerable wear and age. The hieroglyphs are arranged in horizontal lines, typical of ceremonial or official inscriptions, indicating a formal context. The surface shows signs of ancient craftsmanship with the hieroglyphs carefully etched in.

hieroglyphic only unclear fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs D4 ×2 N35A

Connections

Materials Limestone
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.