Ostracon Depicting the God Sobek

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 limestone ostracon painted with red/orange ink showing a central standing figure with a forked or plume-like headdress and hieroglyph-like elements around/within the figure.

The object is a roughly oval ostracon of light tan limestone with chips along the edges. A standing, front-facing figure is rendered in red/orange ink, with a tall headdress or plume and arms/hands indicated in simplified lines. Behind or around the figure are vertical strokes and a partial bordered area, suggesting a structured scene or framed motif. The upper portion includes additional red marks that resemble incomplete hieroglyphic signs, but the forms are too fragmentary to read confidently. No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. Although the catalogue assigns the subject as Sobek, the image does not show unmistakable Sobek iconography (e.g., a crocodile head) from this view; the deity identification is therefore treated as unclear rather than confirmed.