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Scarab Inscribed Hatshepsut United with Amun

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Description

Scarab; Hatshepsut, United with Amun; simple back. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Egyptian blue. L. 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); W. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 9 (I), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Subject: Hieroglyphs, 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.

An oval blue scarab-like amulet inscribed with lines of hieroglyphs across its face.

The object is a small, oval scarab/inscribed seal-amulettype item rendered in a turquoise-blue material. The surface shows pitted wear consistent with antiquity or abrasion. Raised or incised hieroglyphic signs are visible in a horizontal band toward the upper portion and additional clustered signs toward the lower area; the central region includes a prominent vertical stroke and a cross-like form, with a seated/standing figure-like sign at the bottom that may depict a deity or specific determinative, though the exact reading is unclear from this image resolution. No clear cartouches are legible at this scale. The background is plain white, indicating a studio photograph. No modern text or inscriptions in Greek/Coptic/Arabic are visible.

decorative New Kingdom (consistent with catalogue) good
Materials egyptian blue
Signs Unidentified hieroglyphic signs (grouped lines; cross-like and vertical-stroke signs; lower figure-like sign) ×6

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Deities Amun
Royals Hatshepsut
Materials Egyptian Blue

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116273310 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.205 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549719 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.
  • 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.