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Ring with Uninscribed Scarab

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Description

Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 12-13, ca. 1850–1640 B.C. Turquoise. Scarab: L. 0.8 × W. 0.6 × H. 0.4 cm (5/16 × 1/4 × 3/16 in.); Ring: Diam. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.). From: cemetery south of pyramid between Houses A2:2 & A2:1, Pit 478, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14. Subject: Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.

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.

Photograph of a gold-colored hoop ring with a turquoise bezel/cameo set at one side, shaped like an uninscribed scarab/bug-shaped ornament.

The object is a circular hoop ring with a broad, gold-toned band. Along the band, at one side, there is a turquoise ornament set in a raised bezel. The turquoise element is rounded/oval with a faceted surface and has two small raised projections at the top that suggest stylized scarab features; however, no clear incision lines or readable motifs are visible on the turquoise face. The bezel appears connected to the hoop via a short section of small ribbed/segmented gold-toned elements. No hieroglyphs or other scripts can be seen on the turquoise surface or anywhere else on the ring in this image. No royal cartouches or names are visible. The background is plain and the object is photographed in isolation.

decorative Middle Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth); exact date uncertain from image alone. good
Materials gold-toned metal (ring hoop and bezel elements)turquoise (scarab-shaped ornament)

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Turquoise

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281573 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.3.205 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 557137 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.
  • 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.