Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Cowroid Seal Amulet with the Name of the Hyksos King Apophis
Description
Steatite, white 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 elliptical artifact with hieroglyphic engravings.
The artifact is an oval-shaped scarab seal with inscribed hieroglyphs. It appears to be made of stone and depicts symmetric, intricate carvings typical of Egyptian scarab designs. The center features hieroglyphs surrounded by decorative motifs, indicating it was likely used for sealing or as an amulet.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
scarab beetle
unknown ×3
Connections
Materials
Limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247846 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.267 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544428 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.