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Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed with a Decorative Pattern

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.); w. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); h. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7 (G), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.

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.

Green-glazed, cowroid (cow/hoof-shaped) amulet seal with an incised decorative pattern in dark lines on a white/green field.

The object is an elongated, slightly arched seal/amulet with rounded ends, shaped like a cowroid. The surface is predominantly turquoise-green with a lighter whitish background where the glaze is thin. An incised motif is visible in dark, curving and rectilinear lines forming an abstract, stamp-like design; the lines appear to be part of a decorative inscription/pattern rather than figurative imagery. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or deity names can be confidently read from the photo at this resolution. The glaze shows small pitting/chipping and speckling consistent with an older glazed steatite surface.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued); exact reign unclear good
Materials steatite (glazed)turquoise/green glaze
Signs abstract incised decorative pattern (possible sign fragments but not confidently identifiable) ×6
Visible text "Abstract incised pattern; no readable hieroglyphic word(s) or cartouche visible with certainty."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Abstract incised pattern; no readable hieroglyphic word(s) or cartouche visible with certainty.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Royals Hatshepsut
Materials Steatite

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273201 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.368 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549752 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.