Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab of an Official
Description
Green 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.
Ancient Egyptian scarab seal with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is an oval-shaped scarab seal featuring intricate hieroglyphic inscriptions. The carvings are in raised relief within an oval border, typical of such personal or official seals. The craftsmanship indicates careful attention to detail, with stylized depictions that may represent names or titles. The surface shows signs of wear, suggesting authenticity and significant age.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Was
Visible text
"ankh djed was"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244791 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.318 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545217 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.