Rim Shard Incised with the Name of Amenhotep II
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep II, ca. 1427–1400 B.C. Glass. H. 2.8 × W. 2.7 cm (1 1/8 × 1 1/16 in.). From: Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Small dark ceramic/stone rim fragment with a partial incised marking resembling hieroglyphic/inscription traces.
The image shows a small, roughly triangular rim shard against a white background. The surface is dark brown to black with lighter scattered patches or encrustation. Along one face, there appear to be faint incised lines and shapes that could be part of an inscription or decorative/hieroglyphic sign, but the individual characters are not clearly legible at this resolution. No identifiable deity iconography is visible, and no cartouche is clearly discernible. There is no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116388924 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1169 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548502 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.