Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of Hatnefer
Description
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.
A faience scarab with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image depicts a scarab crafted from faience, featuring detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions on its flat side. The composition includes symbols such as the ankh and possibly others, suggesting themes of life or protection. The style is indicative of traditional Egyptian craftsmanship, with a symmetrical arrangement of hieroglyphs.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245159 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545145 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.