Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed With the Name Aakheperkare (Thutmose 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.
A faience scarab depicting a seated lion with an ostrich feather and ankh symbol.
The artifact is an Egyptian scarab made of green faience. It depicts a seated lion facing right, accompanied by an ostrich feather above and an ankh symbol in front. The workmanship demonstrates detailed incisions common in small-scale artifacts meant for daily use or amuletic purposes.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
lion
ankh
ostrich feather
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243741 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.140 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545550 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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