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Plaque Inscribed for Amenhotep II

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Description

Plaque, Amenhotep II. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep II, ca. 1427–1400 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 1.7 × W. 1.3 × H. 0.4 cm (11/16 × 1/2 × 3/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

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.

An oval glazed steatite plaque with molded/painted hieroglyphic signs and a central emblem-like motif in dark green/black on a lighter green background.

The object is a small, oval plaque viewed from above, with a border line around the perimeter. Inside, on the left side, a vertical column of hieroglyphic signs is visible but not fully legible at this resolution. To the right/center is a larger, stylized circular/oval emblem with surrounding rays or a sunburst-like pattern, plus what appears to be additional smaller signs or motifs at the far right. No clear human figure, deity figure, or explicit cartouche is readable. The surface appears to be glazed and tinted green, consistent with a faience/steatite glaze. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; specific reign unclear from image) good
Deities unknown (solar/disk motif possibly associated; not explicitly readable)
Materials steatite (glazed)
Signs Vertical hieroglyphic sign group (partially legible) Sun/solar disk with rays (emblem motif)
Visible text "Unable to transcribe confidently; a left-side vertical sign group is present but illegible at this resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Unable to transcribe confidently; a left-side vertical sign group is present but illegible at this resolution.

Connections

Royals Amenhotep II
Materials Steatite

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.