Sealing
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12–13, ca. 1981–1640 B.C. Mud. From: Cemetery, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
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- MMA 22.1.1664 PNM textLisht
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, irregular lump of dark material bearing an impressed/relief design with a horizontal band and curving incised lines that resemble a seal impression or stamp mark.
The image shows a roughly oval, broken fragment of dark gray-black material with a carved/impressed face. On the front surface there is a broad, slightly raised horizontal register containing a central motif formed by short, horizontal strokes and adjacent curved/arched lines; the overall layout suggests a seal impression rather than a free-standing figure. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text can be confidently identified from this low-resolution view. There are no visible deity figures. The fragment appears consistent with a Middle Kingdom mud sealing fragment (ground truth: catalogue title “Sealing”; material mud), though the exact seal content is not legible.
Cross-references (1)
- PNM-Object pnm:83899637 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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).
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