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Cartouche of Amenhotep III

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. H. 2.2 × W. 1.1 × Th. 0.2 cm (7/8 in. × 7/16 in. × 1/16 in.). From: Tomb of Amenhotep III (WV 22), West Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1915. Subject: Cartouches. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

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.

Close-up of a small faience cartouche-shaped plaque with recessed hieroglyphic forms on a gold-toned background.

The image shows an oval cartouche outline with rounded corners and a thicker border, set vertically on a light-colored backing. Inside the cartouche are several recessed hieroglyphic signs in dark material, with additional worn or incomplete strokes near the lower area. The surface appears glossy and gold/yellow in color, consistent with a glazed ceramic (faience). No clear full royal titulary is legible from this close view; individual signs are partially obscured by wear and the photographic angle. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. No deities are clearly identifiable due to incomplete or indistinct iconography; only royal cartouche-style hieroglyphs are present. The object’s lower end shows a small projecting base or mounting element, also in the same glazed material.

royal New Kingdom (as catalogued); specific reign uncertain from image detail. poor
Royals Amenhotep III (catalogue identification; not fully legible in image)
Materials faience/glazed ceramic (gold/yellow glaze)
Signs Cartouche/bordered oval (enclosing royal name) Unclear recessed hieroglyphic signs (royal name not fully legible) ×4
Visible text "Cartouche inscription present but individual signs are too worn/unclear to reliably transcribe from the provided image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Cartouche inscription present but individual signs are too worn/unclear to reliably transcribe from the provided image.

Connections

Found at Valley of the Kings
Royals Amenhotep III

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244878 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.1085 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554361 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.