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Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut New KingdomDeir el-Bahri
Description
Scarab; Hatshepsut, God's Wife; simple back. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 1.7 cm (11/16 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: Women, Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.
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)
Hieroglyphic inscription present; specific readable excerpt not clear at this image resolution.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116256752 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.3.184 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 550564 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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