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Scarab Inscribed with the Name of the God Amun-Re

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Description

Scarab; Amun-Re, Fertility Goddess; notched back. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 1.8 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.3 cm (1/2 in); h. 0.7 cm (1/4 in). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7 (G), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Subject: Amun, Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.

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 green-glazed steatite scarab is shown in a close-up view, with dark incised hieroglyphic text on its domed back.

The object appears to be an oval scarab (scarab beetle form) with a turquoise/green glaze over a dark body. The back is filled with dark, incised signs that run across the surface in a tight horizontal arrangement. No cartouche is clearly distinguished, and no clear deity figure is visible beyond the hieroglyphic inscription itself. The condition looks good overall, with some small surface specks and minor wear to the glaze and edges, but the inscription remains legible as a dense field of hieroglyphs. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text, and no readable modern markings.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Deities Amun-Re (catalogued; not independently legible in the image at this resolution)
Materials steatite (glazed)
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs (unidentified specific grouping) ×10
Visible text "Dense incised hieroglyphs in dark pigment/engraving; specific words are not clearly readable at this image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Dense incised hieroglyphs in dark pigment/engraving; specific words are not clearly readable at this image resolution.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Deities AmunRaAmun-Ra
Materials Steatite

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276499 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.347 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547670 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.