Scarab Inscribed with a Grazing Antelope
Description
Scarab; antelope, plant motif; simple back. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.25 cm (1/2 in); h. 0.8 cm (1/4 in). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7 (G), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Subject: Animals, Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small oval scarab made of green glazed material, bearing an incised design of a grazing antelope-like animal and surrounding decorative/inscribed lines.
The object is an oval, beetle-scarab form with a green glazed surface. In the central field there is an incised, outline-style depiction of a grazing animal (antelope/gazelle-like) with an arched body, short legs, and a head lowered as if feeding. Above and around the animal are darker incised decorative lines that curve and form a patterned ground or frame. Along the right side there appears to be a vertically oriented set of incisions that may relate to inscription, but individual hieroglyphs are not clear enough in the provided image to confidently transcribe or assign Gardiner numbers. No cartouche or clearly legible royal titulary is visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247603 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.3.394 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544658 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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