Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Clay jar sealing
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.