Duck-shaped Seal with the Name of Thutmose III
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Glazed steatite. L. 0.9 × W. 0.6 × H. 0.4 cm (3/8 × 1/4 × 3/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of the Estate of Frederica Gore Davis, 1917.
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 duck-shaped scarab/seal-like object with incised markings on its top surface, shown against a plain background.
The image shows a single small object centered in frame, shaped like a duck or duck-like form with a rounded body and a molded head/neck suggestion at one end. The top surface contains incised hieroglyph-like signs in dark lines filled with red/orange pigment, including a prominent vertical sign and adjacent curved strokes. The reverse/edges are not clearly visible; the surface appears glossy and turquoise-blue, consistent with a glazed material. No cartouche border is visible, and no additional inscriptions (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) can be seen. The name of Thutmose III is not clearly legible from the available photograph, though the catalogue title claims it is present.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281199 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.4.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 557859 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.