Sealing
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12–13, ca. 1981–1640 B.C. Mud. From: Cemetery, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
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, irregular grey-brown lump of hardened mud bearing an impressed design with curving figures or hieroglyphic-like marks.
The image shows a compact, irregular fragment (likely a seal impression or seal) with a rough, granular surface consistent with mud. One side contains an impressed motif comprising multiple rounded/curved elements arranged around a central form, with several linear strokes that resemble either hieroglyphic strokes or a stylized figure/part of a stamp design. No clearly legible hieroglyphic sequence, cartouche, or determinative can be confidently read from the resolution provided. The reverse side is not shown; no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. No explicit divine name or royal name is legible enough to identify specific deities or kings.
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.