Plaque
Description
Plaque, heart scarab text. New Kingdom, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Serpentinite. L. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in); w. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in); th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in). From: Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Scarabs. Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nasli Herramaneck, 1948.
The same text in other collections
Linked by shared inventory number
(MET-Object 546008).
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- MMA 48.112 PNM text
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.
Oval stone plaque carved in low relief with rows of horizontal hieroglyphs across the surface.
The image shows an oval, vertically oriented plaque with rounded top and bottom edges. The face is fully covered by multiple horizontal lines of incised/low-relief hieroglyphs, arranged in registers. The hieroglyphs include varied shapes (rectangular borders, arms/legs-like strokes, seated or standing figures implied by sign forms, and standard line-filling strokes), but individual signs are not clear enough to reliably transcribe. No clearly legible royal cartouche is discernible at this resolution, and there is no obvious depiction of a deity figure—only text. The material appears dark green to greenish-gray, consistent with a hard stone such as serpentinite; however, color-based identification alone cannot be fully confirmed. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible; only Egyptian-style hieroglyphs appear to be present.
Connections
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116414516 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 48.112 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546008 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83915184 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.