Shell Inscribed with the Cartouche of Senwosret I
Description
Shell (Marine), nacre
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.
An oval marine shell with two suspension holes is shown, with a cartouche-like oval containing vertically arranged hieroglyphs incised on the interior.
The image depicts a smooth, off-white shell viewed from above (interior surface). Two small circular holes near the top edge suggest suspension or attachment. In the center is an incised oval/cartouche outline enclosing a group of hieroglyphic signs arranged in a vertical column. The incisions are brown to reddish-brown and moderately worn but still legible as a structured royal inscription. No clear accompanying Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No specific deity name is clearly discernible beyond the royal cartouche format.
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.