Cylinder seal
Description
Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 13–17, ca. 1640–1550 B.C. Black steatite. L. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.). From: Egypt. 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.
A small cylindrical stone seal with a carved design featuring vertical registers of incised motifs and what appear to be hieroglyphic signs and/or stylized figures on the front face.
The object is shown in a frontal view as a short cylinder with rounded ends. The surface appears dark (likely consistent with steatite), and the decoration is incised in a vertical, column-like layout across the visible face. The central area includes multiple stacked circular/oval and linear elements resembling hieroglyphic signs; the left and right sides show additional incised forms that could be parts of a seal legend or decorative motifs. No clear royal name cartouche is legible at this image resolution. No modern inscriptions, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible. The condition appears worn with softened edges of the carving, but the overall cylinder shape and incised pattern are intact.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280055 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559752 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.