Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed for Pharaoh Aya (I)
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.
An ancient Egyptian scarab seal with engraved hieroglyphs.
The artifact is an oval-shaped scarab seal made from brownish material, possibly stone or faience. It features a set of engraved hieroglyphic symbols on its flat side, which appear to be meticulously carved with fine detail. The composition includes hieroglyphs that seem to denote a cartouche, suggesting a possible royal or official significance. The artistry reflects the typical style of Egyptian craftsmanship used in personal seals.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
scarab beetle
reeds
vulture
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244761 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.325 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545221 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.