Cylinder seal with the name of Amenemhat II
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.
A small cylindrical stone seal engraved with a standing deity-like figure and surrounding hieroglyphic signs, photographed against a plain background.
The object is a vertical, cylindrical seal with worn but still legible incised decoration on the front face. The upper register shows a rounded head with a surrounding outline that resembles a face-in-profile or a hieroglyphic sign; below it are stacked incised bands and figures. In the center is a larger, clearly carved central form with a broad, human-like silhouette (possibly an offering or deity standing figure), with smaller incised shapes above and below. The lower portion shows additional horizontal/stacked hieroglyphic-like signs, but individual sign identities are not fully certain from the image quality and erosion. No cartouche is clearly discernible, and the text is not clear enough to safely quote a specific royal name. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116282271 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.570 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 557036 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.