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

Plaque inlaid with Cartouche of Seti II

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Description

Faience

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 plaque showing a stylized cartouche-like oval and vertical figure-like signs, with decorative feather/wing motifs above and a banded border below.

The object appears as a small, vertically oriented, rectangular faience plaque. The top section has a central oval/circle flanked by repeated fan/feather-like motifs. Beneath this is a cartouche-like field with vertical elements resembling hieroglyphic strokes/signs; the lower portion contains a horizontal band and additional stacked/fragmentary sign-like shapes. The surface shows light-colored fabric/sediment and mottled brownish/cream coloration consistent with weathered or inactivated glaze. No clear full cartouche text for Seti II is legible in the provided image; the cartouche-like arrangement is present but the specific royal name cannot be confirmed from visible details. No other scripts (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside period (approx.; consistent with catalogue) fragmentary
Materials faience
Signs cartouche-like oval/looped frame (not fully legible) wing/feather motif (central paired fans) ×2 vertical hieroglyphic strokes/signs within cartouche field (fragmentary) ×5 horizontal banding/frieze with stacked minor signs (fragmentary)

Connections

Royals Seti II
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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