Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscsribed With the Name Aakheperkare (Thutmose I)
Description
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 featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a faience scarab displaying a combination of hieroglyphic symbols. The scarab is turquoise in color and appears to be oval-shaped, typical of Egyptian scarabs that were often used for amulets or seals. The symbols are neatly carved, showcasing skilled craftsmanship.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
hawk
scarab
nfr
Visible text
"Djed"
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243738 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.144 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545551 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.