Sealing from net
Description
Sealing, from net. Roman Period, A.D. 1st century ?. Mud, cord (?). L. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.). From: Priests' houses, near, Roman burial XXI, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.
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.
The image shows a small, irregular lump of hardened mud attached to or wrapped with twisted cord/netting-like fibers, appearing like a clay sealing with retained ligature material.
A compact, dark tan to greyish mud form is partially embedded within or attached to a bundle of fibrous strands. The fibers are tan-brown and appear braided and looped, consistent with cord and/or netting remaining with the sealing. The mud portion is oval/irregular and has a smoother surface on one face with rough edges, suggesting it was pressed and then dried. No carved sign faces, readable hieroglyphs, or clear cartouches are visible on the mud lump. The background is plain light, and no additional objects or inscriptions are present.
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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