Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Scarab New Kingdom
Description
Scarab, Thutmose III. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Glazed steatite. L. 1.7 × W. 1.2 × H. 0.7 cm (11/16 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Central incised hieroglyphic signs within a boxed/oval top element and additional vertical strokes; exact reading unclear from the image resolution.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116425452 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.190.2001 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554429 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.