Scarab ring
Description
Ring, scarab. Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 13, mid, ca. 1750–1700 B.C. Amethyst. L. 0.7 × W. 0.5 × H. 0.4 × Diam. approx.1.2 cm (1/4 × 3/16 × 3/16 × 1/2 in.). From: cemetery, Pit 995, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1921–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
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 small amulet/seal object attached to a twisted cord, with an oval pinkish stone element at one end resembling a scarab ring bezel or scarab mount.
The image shows a loop of twisted, fibrous cord with a knot and braided strands on the left. Attached to the free end of the cord is an oval/rounded bezel-like piece of pinkish, translucent stone. The stone surface has visible mottling and worn patches, with a darker streaked/striated area near the lower half suggesting possible remnants of carved decoration, though no clearly readable scarab silhouette or hieroglyphs are distinct at this resolution. No cartouche, legible hieroglyphic text, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic script is visible. The object is photographed against a plain light background.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116432595 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.1.1624 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 557191 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.