Cowroid Seal-Amulet
Description
Cowroid, tilapia fish eating lotus. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign, ca. 1492–1473 B.C. Glazed steatite. L. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); W. 0.7 cm (1/4 in.); H. 0.4 cm (3/16 in.). From: Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), coffin IV, burial 1, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36. Subject: Animals. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1936.
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 turquoise/green glazed seal-amulet shaped like a cowroid (ovoid with a raised, molded pattern on one face).
The object is a compact, lens-/ovoid-shaped amulet with a glossy green-blue glaze covering a darker, mottled core. One face shows a shallow, molded design resembling a cow’s head/face in profile or an abstract animal head relief; the surrounding border is smooth and slightly raised. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or textual bands are visible in this image. No explicit deity iconography (e.g., standardized crowns or distinct figures) is confidently identifiable from the molded pattern alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276650 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.45 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 560225 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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