Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab with the Name of the Hyksos King Khayan
Description
Steatite, gold mount
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 an intricate design and hieroglyphs.
The artifact is an Egyptian scarab set in a gold frame, featuring a central design with hieroglyphs and symbolic motifs. The scarab appears to be crafted from faience, a glazed ceramic material that was commonly used in Egyptian artifacts. The hieroglyphs are carved with attention to detail, suggesting a connection to royalty or deities. The color remains vibrant, indicating a well-preserved item.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
goldfaience
Signs
Ankh
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247843 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.457 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544426 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.