Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of Sebekhotep III
Description
Steatite, traces of green glaze
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
An ancient Egyptian scarab seal with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a scarab-shaped seal featuring deeply incised hieroglyphics, including a central cartouche on its flat underside. The carving style suggests careful craftsmanship typical of official seals. The cartouche likely contains royal names, surrounded by other hieroglyphic signs symbolizing protection and authority.
royal
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
scarab
cartouche
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247906 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.413 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544377 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.