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Cylinder Seal Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep I

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Description

Steatite

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 seal of dark green stone bearing incised hieroglyphic/royal emblem text on its visible face(s).

The artifact appears as a short cylinder with a rounded top and flat bottom edge. Its surface is covered by a thick, dark green glaze or weathered stone coloration with incised decoration. On the most visible side, a tall, palace-façade-like hieroglyphic framing element encloses a central figure/emblem shape (possibly part of a throne-name composition), with adjacent smaller signs to the right. Along the lower register is a horizontal band of small grid/checkered squares. The top area shows partial signs that are not fully legible at this resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Royals Amenhotep I (throne name; not fully legible in the image)
Materials steatite/green stone (consistent with catalogued steatite)
Signs royal/hieroglyphic signs incised on seal face (partially legible) ×10
Visible text "Incised royal/hieroglyphic inscription in a palace/façade frame; individual signs not fully readable at provided resolution."

Connections

Royals Amenhotep I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252320 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 05.3.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 572918 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.