Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a Toilet Dish with Cartouches of Amenhotep III New KingdomMalqata
Description
Dish fragment. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. H. 3.7 × W. 3.2 × Th. 0.2 cm (1 7/16 in. × 1 1/4 in. × 1/16 in.). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911–12. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Partial cartouche-like inscription with vertical and block-like hieroglyphic signs; exact wording not fully legible from the fragment.
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