Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other

Sealing

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Clay (unfired)

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 small fragment of carved stone with visible hieroglyphs.

The artifact is a fragment of dark stone, possibly basalt or another igneous rock, featuring carved hieroglyphs. The visible inscriptions are fragmentary and unclear, showing partial symbols. The surface appears worn, suggesting age and possibly historic significance. The craftsmanship indicates it could be part of a larger relief or inscription panel.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials basalt
Signs unknown ×3

Connections

Found at Lisht North
Materials Basalt
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.