Reference sealing
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, early reign of Senwosret I, ca. 1961–1954 B.C. Mud. L. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). From: Tomb of Ipy (TT 315), Tomb of Meseh (MMA 516B), burial chamber, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. 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.
A small, roughly circular mud sealing fragment with incised impressed marks resembling hieroglyphic signs.
The object appears as a rounded, thumb-sized lump of light brown/gray mud. One face preserves shallow incisions/impressions: a cluster of straight and angled strokes suggesting one or more hieroglyphic signs arranged across the surface. Several lines and short wedge-like marks are visible but are too worn to read confidently as specific determinatives or phonetic groups. No clearly identifiable royal cartouche, deity figure, or legible full phrase is preserved. The reverse side is not shown/does not display clear additional inscriptions in this image. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276784 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.267a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547559 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.