Sealing from a Jar with the Name of a king Amenhotep

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.

Painted cylindrical sealing/fragment with an applied color band and a small recessed/painted hieroglyphic rectangle on the front.

The object appears as a thick, mud-like cylindrical seal (or sealing placed on a jar) painted in multiple colors. Around the upper circumference there is a yellow band containing blue-and-yellow painted blocks that resemble hieroglyphic sign groupings, though the exact characters are not fully legible at this resolution. The middle area is dominated by a dark blue painted band, with at least one enclosed sign or cartouche-like rectangle drawn in darker lines. Vertical wedge-like stripes in green, red, and white are painted on the lower portions, suggesting decorative patterning around the seal’s surface. No clear cartouche spelling “Amenhotep” can be confidently read from the image provided; the hieroglyphic content is partially visible but too indistinct to transcribe reliably. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.