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

Inscribed Rectangular Plaque

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Electrum

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 rectangular inscribed plaque shown front-on, with raised/engraved dark surface details and a central vertical element resembling a stylized column or sign.

The object appears as a compact rectangular plaque with a slightly rounded top edge. Incised or raised iconographic marks are visible: a row of small figure-like shapes (or strokes) near the top corners and a prominent band across the midline. In the center there is a large, vertical, rectangular sign-like form with internal strokes. Beneath the central band, additional small marks and what may be short horizontal lines are present. No clear cartouche, deity figure, or legible hieroglyph sequence can be confidently read at this image resolution/lighting. The material is difficult to confirm visually; despite the catalogue stating electrum, the image looks more like a dark metal patina without clear metallic reflectance.

decorative New Kingdom (Ramesside period), unclear from the image alone poor
Materials unknown dark metal (exact metal not confirmable from image)
Signs Large vertical rectangular sign with internal strokes (unidentified) Horizontal band/line element (unidentified)

Connections

Found at Asasif
Royals Ramesses IV

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116388349 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 16.10.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549314 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.