Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Finger Ring Inscribed for Nakht
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"
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)
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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.