Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Plaque Bead with Name of Thutmose IV and a Sphinx on the Reverse
Description
Steatite (glazed)
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 with a depiction of a sphinx and hieroglyphs.
This artifact is a faience scarab amulet featuring a depiction of a sphinx in profile, commonly symbolizing protection and royal power. The composition includes additional hieroglyphs surrounding the sphinx, possibly denoting names or titles. The craftsmanship indicates careful carving and glazing typical of personal adornments or offerings.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
Sphinx
Hieroglyphs ×2
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235277 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.207 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548470 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.