Scarab ring of Sithathoryunet
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III, ca. 1887–1813 B.C. Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, and turquoise, bedding material. l. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 1 cm (3/8 in). From: Tomb of Sithathoryunet (BSA Tomb 8), Chamber E, box 1, Lahun, Fayum Entrance Area, Egypt. Excavation: BSAE excavations 1914. Subject: Scarabs. Credit: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916.
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.
Photograph of a gold scarab-seal ring with an oval bezel containing inset stones in red, green/blue, and green/gray tones, including a central scarab-like motif on the right.
The object is shown front-on: a gold circular band with a scarab-seal bezel shaped like an elongated oval. The bezel is divided into color fields—on the left side a stack of three horizontal bands alternating dark blue/purple and turquoise-green; on the right side a red/orange rectangular panel adjacent to a rounded oval stone framed in gold. The right oval appears to contain a carved scarab form or scarab-like pattern with engraved details and a mottled green/gray surface. No readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or text are visible in the image. No explicit deity iconography is discernible from the photo beyond the scarab-seal motif. The stone colors correspond plausibly to carnelian (red), lapis lazuli (blue), and turquoise (green), though exact identifications cannot be confirmed from image alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243806 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 16.1.24 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545530 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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