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Uninscribed Cartouche-Shaped Plaque

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 20, reign of Ramesses IV, ca. 1153–1147 B.C. Glass. H. 2 cm (13/16 in.), W. 1 cm (3/8 in.). From: Temple of Ramesses IV, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1916.

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.

Small blue glass plaque with a rounded, cartouche-like top and a flat base, photographed against a neutral background.

The object appears as a compact, vertically oriented plaque made of blue glass. Its silhouette resembles a cartouche-form: a rounded/arched top that transitions into a narrower midsection and ends in a flat, straight base. The surface shows internal vertical striations/light streaks consistent with glass inclusions or reflections. No hieroglyphic carving, painted inscription, or any legible royal name/cartouche signs are visible; the plaque seems uninscribed or the text is too worn/absent to discern at this image resolution. No additional iconography (e.g., deities, figures) is visible. The image provides no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The catalogued identification as a "Uninscribed Cartouche-Shaped Plaque" in Ramesside/New Kingdom glass from Asasif is consistent with what is visible (shape and lack of inscription).

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside period (per catalogue); image itself does not allow refinement good
Materials blue glass

Connections

Found at Asasif
Royals Ramesses IV
Materials Blue Glass

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116388336 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 16.10.15 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549316 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.