Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs
Description
Steatite, traces of green glaze
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 hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The scarab seal is crafted from stone or faience, featuring intricate carvings of hieroglyphs. The central oval cartouche includes symbols likely representing royal or divine associations, surrounded by additional hieroglyphic signs. The artifact reflects typical characteristics of Egyptian royal inscriptions, with symmetric and balanced composition.
royal
New Kingdom
good
Royals
unclear
Materials
faience
Signs
scarab
cartouche
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244698 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.342 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545230 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.