Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with the Name of Hatshepsut

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Oval seal/amulet with a green-blue glazed surface and an incised/relief figure resembling a protective cow (cowroid) surrounded by small hieroglyph-like marks, with a cartouche-form area at the bottom.

The object is a small, vertically oriented, rounded-oval/teardrop-shaped amulet or seal with a dark-green to green-blue glazed appearance (visible speckling and darker edges). The central field contains a stylized figure that looks like a cow or cow-like deity: a horned head and a body outline are rendered in raised or incised lines. Beneath the central figure is a band containing what appear to be small grouped hieroglyph-like strokes; at the very bottom there is a rectangular/inscribed area that could correspond to a name cartouche or line of inscription, but the characters are not distinct enough to quote reliably. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The image does not clearly show the full name “Hatshepsut” or a legible cartouche; therefore, the inscription can only be described generally.