Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of the King's Mother Queen Nebuhetepti
Description
Glazed steatite
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 with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a small, blue-glazed faience scarab featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions. The composition includes a central cartouche surrounded by additional hieroglyphs. The craftsmanship is indicative of careful carving and glazing techniques commonly found in Egyptian artifacts. The blue color is typical of faience materials, suggesting symbolic significance, possibly related to regeneration or the afterlife.
royal
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Cartouche
Connections
Materials
Faience
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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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