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 ancient Egyptian artifact with a partial impression.

The artifact appears to be a seal impression with a highly worn surface, possibly depicting a winged figure or motif. The style is consistent with Egyptian seal use, featuring linear grooves and curves, though it is difficult to discern specific features due to its fragmentary condition.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials unknown

Connections

Found at Lisht North
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.