Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Plaque Bead with 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

Glazed 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.

Small rectangular turquoise-green glazed plaque/bead with incised relief showing a seated figure and Egyptian hieroglyphic signs.

The image shows a small, rectangular object with rounded corners, colored green to turquoise. The surface appears glossy, consistent with a glazed material. One face is decorated with incised/relief elements: on the left there appears a standing or seated human figure in profile, while on the right there is a larger sign-like form including a circular/round element and surrounding strokes, resembling hieroglyphic or name/cartouche-related layout. The right side also contains additional smaller incised marks. No cartouche is clearly identifiable as “Amenhotep I” from the available resolution. A small pencil/paint-like number label is visible on the top edge, but it is not Egyptian text.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue-grounded; exact attribution uncertain from image) good
Deities unknown
Royals unknown
Materials glazed steatite (catalogue-grounded; glaze sheen visible)
Signs incised figure and surrounding hieroglyphic signs (exact determinatives unclear) ×5

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Royals Amenhotep I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116235318 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 23.3.190 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547583 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • 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.