Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Ring of Hatnefer
Description
Gold, glazed steatite
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 ring depicting a scorpion.
The image depicts a scarab ring, showcasing a detailed scorpion carving. The ring is crafted in gold and faience, typical of Egyptian jewelry. The scorpion is centered within an oval bezel, with the gold band looped around it. The craftsmanship highlights the intricate details of the scorpion and the elegance of the gold setting.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
goldfaience
Signs
scorpion
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245197 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545143 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.