Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of King Sekhemre Sewadjtawy Sebekhotep
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 inscribed scarab with hieroglyphs.
The artifact is a scarab made of stone, intricately inscribed with hieroglyphs on its flat side. The hieroglyphs are carefully carved, featuring a combination of symbols and potential cartouches indicating its use as an amulet or seal. The craftsmanship suggests a high degree of skill, typical for personal or divine protection items.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
stone
Signs
ankh
was
Visible text
"Akh Wsr Nb"
Connections
Materials
Stone
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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.