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

Cylinder seal of Senwosret I

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

Description

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 cylindrical Egyptian seal with a raised central motif resembling an animal or deity figure in an oval/arch-like frame.

The image shows a weathered, brown-stone cylinder seal photographed against a light background. One face is visible with a vertically oriented, incised/relief design: a central figure sits within a taller oval or cartouche-like outline. The figure appears to have a head with curved features and a surrounding double-loop/curving elements suggesting either an animal (e.g., ibex-like) or a stylized deity emblem, but the details are too unclear to identify confidently. No clear incised lines of hieroglyphs, cartouches, or readable strokes are visible on the surface beyond the central emblem. The overall condition is worn, with softened edges that obscure fine details. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

royal Middle Kingdom (consistent with catalogue) poor
Deities unknown
Royals unknown (Senwosret I cartouche not clearly legible)
Materials stone (likely steatite per catalogue; exact material not independently confirmable from image)
Signs central raised emblem (possible animal/deity symbol); exact identification unclear

Connections

Found at Lisht
Royals Senwosret I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116282280 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.180.1145 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 557034 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.