Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Sealing
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.
Clay seal impression depicting an Egyptian cartouche.
The artifact is a clay seal impression showing an Egyptian cartouche, typically used to encapsulate royal names. The surrounding area contains hieroglyphs that seem to be royal in nature. The material appears coarse with a clearly defined imprint, suggesting it was used for sealing documents or goods.
royal
unknown
fragmentary
Royals
unclear
Materials
clay
Signs
cartouche
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- 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.
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