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Heart Scarab of Maruta

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Description

Heart Scarab, Maruta. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Gold, greenschist. l. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in); w. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in); d. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in); l. (wire and scarab) 35.5 cm (14 in). From: Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Scarabs. Credit: Fletcher Fund, 1920.

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Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 548642). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small heart-shaped scarab (scarab amulet) with a green stone body and a gold-colored banding is suspended from a thin gold wire loop.

The image shows an oval/pendant arrangement: a thin circular loop of gold-colored wire is attached to a small, heart-shaped scarab/amulet at the bottom center. The scarab body appears dark green with lighter green facets or stripes, suggesting a stone such as greenschist. Around the top portion and along part of the amulet there is a gold-colored metal mount/band. No carved hieroglyphs or facial/canonical scarab details are clearly legible at this resolution; the top and sides are mostly decorative/mounted rather than readable. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The photograph does not show any cartouche or royal name clearly. The overall object matches the general category of a heart scarab pendant, but the specific identification to “Maruta” cannot be confirmed from visible inscriptions in this image.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Materials gold-colored metal (wire loop and mount)dark green stone (likely greenschist)

Connections

Found at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116274808 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.8.145 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548642 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83911646 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.