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.
A fragmentary clay seal impression with hieroglyphs.
The artifact is a clay seal impression showing an oval shape with hieroglyphic inscriptions. The central feature appears to be a cartouche containing hieroglyphic signs. The style suggests it might have been used for official purposes, such as sealing documents or goods. The texture of the clay and the depth of the impression are notable.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
clay
Signs
cartouche
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.