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Plaque Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep I

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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.

Small oval sign/inscription plaque with green glaze over a dark body, showing an enclosed hieroglyph-like shape in the center.

The object is a small, oval plaque with a rounded top and a slightly narrower bottom on a flat base, likely mounted or made as a decorative/inscribed unit. The surface is coated in a glossy green glaze with visible pooling and darker areas, suggesting fired ceramic/steatite with glazing. A central, rectangular/enclosed hieroglyph-like form is painted in dark green/black under or within the glaze, but the individual signs are not clear enough to securely read the throne-name text. No legible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic is visible. No human figures, deities, or royal names in cartouche format are clearly identifiable at this resolution.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (per catalogue; exact reign/name not readable here) good
Materials glaze (green)dark substrate (likely steatite/ceramic; exact material not determinable from image)
Signs Unidentified enclosed hieroglyph-like element (possibly part of a royal name); not securely legible
Visible text "Unclear; only a central enclosed hieroglyph-like shape is visible, but the throne-name text (Amenhotep I) cannot be confidently read from this image."

Connections

Royals Amenhotep I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244473 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.175 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554731 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.