Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Rosette Stamp Seal with Striding Lion
Description
Glazed steatite
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small ancient seal with carved symbols.
The artifact is a circular seal made of stone, featuring engraved symbols that could be hieroglyphs. The surface appears worn, suggesting considerable age and use. The composition is simple, with an emphasis on the carved signs that represent possibly linguistic or symbolic elements. The style reflects a straightforward approach to functional design.
hieroglyphic only
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Signs
unknown ×2
Connections
Materials
Stone
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.