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Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) · jewelry

amulet

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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 cylindrical gold-toned Egyptian amulet with a vertical line of engraved hieroglyphs and a loop/top knob.

The object appears as a gold-colored cylindrical bezel or case with a raised circular/knob element at the top and a short loop-like extension. The front face is decorated with a continuous vertical band of incised hieroglyphic signs. The hieroglyphs are arranged in columns and include a central seated deity/figure-like motif flanked by additional signs; below/around it are further divinatory or protective symbols (exact reading unclear from the image resolution). No clearly legible cartouche or royal title is visible. The back is not visible. The background includes a black-and-white scale/checkerboard board used for photography/measurement. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

decorative Third Intermediate period (per catalogue; exact date cannot be confirmed from image alone) good
Deities unknown (possibly a seated/standing deity figure in the central part of the text; not confidently identifiable)
Materials gold (gold-toned metal)
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs in a vertical band (exact individual signs unclear) ×12
Visible text "Unclear vertical hieroglyphic inscription; exact transcription not possible from this image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian Hieroglyphs · Egyptian · on front

Transcription

Dd mdw in xnsw m wAst nft-Htp ir.n.f sA nfr [n] SAq, mAa-xrw

Translations (1)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-2024-08-06
The words spoken by Khonsu in Thebes, the one who brings peace, made by his beautiful son of Shak, true of voice.

Connections

Found at Thebes
Materials Gold

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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian).
  • 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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