Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Jar sealing
Description
Mud or 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 carved stone artifact with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image shows a small, stone object featuring a detailed inscription of hieroglyphics. The surface is worn, indicating age, but the carvings are clear enough to identify specific signs. The craftsmanship suggests it may have been a seal or amulet, with a symmetrical arrangement of hieroglyphs possibly signifying protective or titular significance.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
ankh
djed
was
Connections
Materials
Stone
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.