Cowroid Seal with Was inscription
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. L. .014m. From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911–12. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.
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 green faience cowroid/ovoid seal fragment showing a red-painted/inked inscription across one face.
The object is a rounded, biconvex, cowroid-like form with a smooth green surface typical of faience. On the viewer-facing side there is a red inscription/marking consisting of multiple red characters or numerals arranged in a single line; the writing is partially abraded but clearly visible as red pigment against the green body. No figurative scenes, divinity iconography, or royal cartouches are visible in the provided view. There is no discernible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The catalogue title indicates a “Was inscription,” but in this image the red marks cannot be confidently identified as the specific Was sceptre sign versus other script-like marks; the form of the sign is not clear enough to confirm.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
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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.
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