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 seal impression with hieroglyphs.
The image depicts a clay seal impression fragment featuring distinct hieroglyphic inscriptions. The composition centers around the remains of what appears to be a cartouche or circular seal design, with clearly defined individual hieroglyphs arranged vertically. The artifact shows wear and damage, indicative of its antiquity.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
clay
Signs
unknown ×5
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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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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