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

Inscribed Rectangular Plaque

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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.

A small blue faience rectangular plaque is shown from the front, bearing a central molded/engraved standing figure and surrounding dotted marks and hieroglyph-like bands near the bottom.

The object appears as a rectangular plaque of bright blue faience with a raised border. In the center is a standing, human-like figure with a head and arms raised toward the chest/face; the figure is rendered in dark incised/molded lines against the blue surface. Above and around the figure are small dot clusters (possibly decorative or indicating text/layout). At the lower portion there are two or three horizontal, bar-like lines that resemble simplified hieroglyphic registers, but the individual signs are not clear enough to identify reliably. No clear cartouche or royal titulary is visible. The image contains no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script that can be read. The exact hieroglyphic inscription cannot be transcribed from this resolution; only the presence of organized sign-like elements is apparent.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside (as catalogued); sign details not clear enough to refine further from image alone good
Materials faience (blue glaze)

Connections

Found at Asasif
Royals Ramesses IV

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116388375 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 16.10.8 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549309 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.