Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab Inscribed With the Name Amenhotep Flanked by Two Red Crowns
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.
An ancient Egyptian scarab with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The image depicts a faience scarab featuring intricate hieroglyphs. The style is typical of Egyptian amulets, with a central column of text flanked by symmetrical patterns. The craftsmanship suggests meticulous attention to detail, with well-preserved symbols that are slightly raised from the surface.
hieroglyphic only
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
scarab
rectangle
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280439 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.134 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547000 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.