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Scarab Finger Ring of Ramesses II

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Bronze or copper alloy, steatite. Diam. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Scarabs. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

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 scarab-shaped signet/finger ring with a greenish turquoise-like stone and a dark metal band, shown from above.

The object appears to be a small finger ring featuring a beetle/scarab form set in a pale green to yellowish, opaque stone (likely steatite). The ring shank is dark and irregular, with two rounded ends projecting on either side of the scarab setting. The scarab body is outlined with incised/painted blue-green lines, and there is red painted marking resembling a short vertical column of hieroglyph-like strokes on the scarab’s left side (partially obscured). A separate greenish region overlays part of the upper left area of the scarab, and a blue-green horizontal line runs across the middle. No clearly readable full cartouche or deity determinative is confidently visible from this image quality/angle.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside period (consistent with catalogue assignment); exact dynasty/year cannot be securely determined from image alone. good
Materials dark metal (bronze/copper alloy plausible for band)pale green/yellowish stone (steatite plausible for scarab)traces of red pigment/paint on stoneblue-green painted/incised lines
Signs Unclear hieroglyph-like strokes (possibly a short vertical sign column)
Visible text "Red pigment: a short vertical group of strokes/signs on the left side of the scarab; exact reading unclear."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Red pigment: a short vertical group of strokes/signs on the left side of the scarab; exact reading unclear.

Connections

Royals Ramesses II

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116256748 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.941 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 550646 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.