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Fragment of a Toilet Dish with Cartouches of Amenhotep III

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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

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 sky-blue faience fragment decorated with painted or incised blue/dark-blue hieroglyphic cartouche-like framing on one face.

The object is a small, irregularly shaped fragment with a glossy light-blue ground and darker blue decorative bands and motifs. One prominent cartouche-like oval/rounded frame is visible on the right side, with inner vertical strokes and signs resembling Egyptian hieroglyphs. On the left side, additional hieroglyphic elements and a partial framed panel are visible, though the full inscriptions are cut off by the break edges. No deities are clearly identifiable from the limited sign fragments. The surface shows the characteristic faience coloration and slip, with the darker sign outlines and infill forming the inscription decoration.

decorative New Kingdom (18th dynasty; consistent with Amenhotep III) fragmentary
Royals unknown (cartouche of Amenhotep III claimed by catalogue; not fully legible in image)
Materials faience (blue glaze)
Signs cartouche/frame with interior vertical and rectangular strokes (exact royal name not fully readable)
Visible text "Partial cartouche-like inscription with vertical and block-like hieroglyphic signs; exact wording not fully legible from the fragment."

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.

Connections

Found at Malqata
Royals Amenhotep III
Materials Faience
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  • 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.
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