Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of Queen Inni
Description
Green 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 carved hieroglyphs.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian scarab artifact, typically used as a seal or amulet. The carved hieroglyphs are visible on the top, arranged in a vertical composition. The style is characteristic of small personal items, with intricate details meant for close inspection. The greenish hue suggests the use of faience or other glazed materials.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Visible text
"Ankh"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247889 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.418 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544395 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.