Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed "Hatshepsut, United with Amun"
Description
Steatite (glazed)
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 oval-shaped artifact with Egyptian hieroglyphs inscribed on its surface.
The artifact appears to be a green-toned ancient Egyptian scarab seal made of faience. It showcases a series of well-preserved hieroglyphs, including depictions of symbols and possibly a seated deity or figure. The style suggests careful craftsmanship typical of used amulets or seals.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245085 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.3.206 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545160 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.