Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Scarab with Name of the Queen of King Ahmose

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Steatite, gold mounting

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 with hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The artifact is a scarab, oval in shape, surrounded by a gold setting. The surface features incised hieroglyphs consistent with Egyptian craftsmanship. The engraving style is indicative of high-status objects, often used for seals or amulets.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom good
Materials goldfaience
Signs Ankh Djed

Connections

Materials FaienceGold

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243447 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.8.491 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545741 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.