Brick stamped with the Names of Amenhotep III
Description
Brick, Amenhotep III. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Mud. L. 31.3 × W. 18.4 × H. 9.8 cm (12 5/16 × 7 1/4 × 3 7/8 in.). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Cartouches. 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 rectangular mud-brick fragment bearing an impressed stamp with incised hieroglyphic signs and traces of a cartouche-like shape.
The object is a roughly rectangular, thick mud-brick with a worn, sandy surface. One face contains an impressed stamp: a central cluster of hieroglyphic signs with a surrounding rectangular frame suggests a royal name cartouche or protocol framing. Several individual signs are eroded, and the original depth/clarity of the stamp is reduced by abrasion and breakage. No colorants or glazing are visible. The remaining edges are chipped, indicating it is broken from a larger stamped brick. No deities other than any that might appear within the royal name are clearly readable due to damage. The image provides no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text, and there is no clear modern catalog label on the object.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
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.
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