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Scarab

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Faience. L. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). From: Hatshepsut Hole, Hathor Shrine, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. Subject: Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.

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.

Turquoise-blue faience scarab-shaped amulet shown as an oval/“egg” form with a red numerals/inscription-like mark on the face and damaged/eroded decorative elements.

The image shows a small, rounded, oval scarab/amulet made of turquoise-blue material with a worn surface. The top portion has a mottled/brownish area and a lighter patch, suggesting erosion or a repaired loss. On the front, a shallow, curved groove is visible across the body. A prominent red-painted marking (numerals) is present on the upper-middle/front area. Below/around the mark are faint, dark incisions consistent with remaining decorative or carved elements, but the text or iconography is too damaged to identify confidently. No clear carved hieroglyphs, cartouches, or deities are legible from the available view. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; exact dynasty/phase unclear from image) poor
Materials faience
Signs Numerals (red painted accession/registration style mark; exact reading unclear) ×4
Visible text "Red numerals: "23.3.259" (exact punctuation/spacing unclear but this is the visible sequence)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Red numerals: "23.3.259" (exact punctuation/spacing unclear but this is the visible sequence).

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials Faience

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116256881 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 23.3.269 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 550412 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.