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Cylinder Bead Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep I

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Steatite, glazed

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 cylindrical stone bead with incised and/or molded hieroglyphic decoration, shown front-on against a plain background.

The object is a short, cylindrical bead with flat top and bottom faces. The surface is heavily worn, but a recessed vertical panel contains what appear to be hieroglyphic signs: a large oval/rounded sign at upper left, a vertical stroke-like element below, and additional curved/arch-like marks at the lower portion. No clear cartouche border or fully legible throne name is visible at this resolution. The material appears dark brown to reddish-brown with greenish-blue speckling or residue consistent with glaze remnants, and there are chips and edge wear along the rim.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (as catalogued); exact reign unknown from image due to wear fragmentary
Materials stone (likely steatite, unclear from image alone)glaze/residue (greenish-blue speckling; amount uncertain)
Signs unidentified hieroglyphic sign (oval/rounded) unidentified hieroglyphic sign (vertical stroke/column) unidentified hieroglyphic sign (curved/arch-like elements) ×2

Connections

Royals Amenhotep I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244502 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.484 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554722 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.