Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Scarab Finger Ring Inscribed for Nakht

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Description

Glazed steatite, 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.

A faience scaraboid with engraved hieroglyphs set in a metal ring.

The artifact appears to be a scaraboid amulet made of glazed faience, mounted in a twisted metal ring, possibly silver. The surface is inscribed with a vertical arrangement of hieroglyphs, including symbols commonly associated with royal names or titles. The craftsmanship indicates a focus on personal adornment and status.

royal New Kingdom good
Royals RaMen
Materials faiencemetal
Signs reed basket eye ankh
Visible text "menkheperure"

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials FaienceMetal

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280493 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.752 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546971 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.