Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Ring of Ruiu
Description
Steatite (glazed), silver
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 seal set on a circular band.
The artifact is a scarab seal featuring intricate carvings, likely hieroglyphic symbols, on its surface. The seal is mounted on a circular band that appears to be composed of a fibrous or corroded metal material, possibly bronze. The scarab is finely detailed, characteristic of jewelry or amulets used in ancient Egypt for administrative or funerary purposes.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
goldbronze
Signs
unknown ×5
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247581 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.3.52 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544667 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.
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