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Scarab Inscribed with a Blessing Related to Amun-Re

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Description

New Kingdom, mid to late Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1295 B.C. Green glazed steatite. L. 1.7 × W. 1.2 × H. 0.7 cm (11/16 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.). From: Cemetery, debris, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Subject: Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Green glazed steatite scarab seal with a central, symmetrically framed icon/symbol and surrounding border elements.

The image shows an oval scarab with an incised central motif inside a thick rounded border. The border contains stacked arch/loop-like elements, while the center includes a head-like or god-figure/face-like form rendered in dark lines with two upward projections and additional schematic elements to the left and right. To the left of the central figure there is a blocky rectangular register with a row of short vertical notches; to the right there are three to four horizontal/stacked lines. The style resembles an inscribed/ornamented scarab, but no clearly legible hieroglyph groups or a distinct cartouche are visible at this resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued); exact dynastic sub-period unknown. good
Deities unknown
Materials green glazed steatite (glaze visible as green/turquoise on a light body)

Connections

Found at Lisht
Deities AmunRaAmun-Ra

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244661 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.352 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545236 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.