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Scarabs Inscribed for the God's Wife Neferure

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Description

Scarab; Neferure, God's Wifets; detailed back. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 1.6 cm (5/8 in); w. 1.2 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: 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.

Green glazed steatite scarab with an incised/recessed field containing multiple vertical hieroglyph-like elements arranged in rows.

The image shows a single scarab-shaped amulet viewed from above with a rounded oval outline and a flat base. The surface is predominantly turquoise-green with a glossy glaze. The front/originally inscribed face contains dark incised motifs that resemble hieroglyphs or rubric-like signs: a central vertical stroke with adjacent short horizontal strokes above it, flanked by three more vertical elements and three rounded/bulb-like terminals near the bottom. The overall composition suggests an inscribed seal/scarab legend, but the individual signs are not clear enough to reliably transcribe or identify specific titulary names or divine names. No cartouche border is clearly visible, and no clear deities can be confidently named from the photo.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (per catalogue) good
Deities unknown
Royals Neferure (name not legible/uncertain)
Materials glazed steatite
Signs incised hieroglyph-like signs (unreadable) ×6
Visible text "Unclear; appears to be multiple incised hieroglyph-like signs on the scarab face; no legible full phrase."

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Royals Neferure
Materials Glazed Steatite

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116274019 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.327 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549101 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.