Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs in a Rope Border
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 inscription.
The artifact is an oval-shaped scarab seal, probably crafted from faience or similar glazed material, featuring hieroglyphs inscribed on its flat underside. The perimeter is decorated with a raised border resembling a stylized beetle form. The craftsmanship suggests meticulous attention to detail and the seal likely served an administrative or ceremonial function.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Visible text
"Ankh Djed"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244658 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.359 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545238 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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