Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Finger Ring Inscribed for Hatshepsut
Description
Gold, 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 gold ring with an engraved scarab made of green material.
The artifact is a gold ring featuring an inlaid scarab, which appears to be made of faience or a similar green glassy material. The scarab is engraved with figures or hieroglyphs, although the details are challenging to discern. The design reflects typical Egyptian jewelry styles with rounded edges and a focus on symbolic imagery such as the scarab, which represents rebirth and protection.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
goldfaience
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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