Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Plaque Inscribed for Amenhotep II
Description
Steatite (glazed)
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 Egyptian scarab seal with hieroglyphic engravings.
The artifact is a scarab-shaped seal, likely made from faience. It features detailed engravings including a cartouche and other hieroglyphic symbols. The lines and shapes appear incised with precision, typical of small, portable items used for administrative or personal purposes.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Cartouche
Ankh
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116388880 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.203 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548599 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.