Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Scarab of Princess Redenptah Middle KingdomLisht North

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Description

Middle Kingdom, mid Dynasty 13, ca. 1770–1670 B.C. Green glazed steatite. L. 2.5 × W. 1.8 × H. 1 cm (1 × 11/16 × 3/8 in.). From: Cemetery, debris, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1909.

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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)

Untranscribed: incised vertical hieroglyphic-like signs within a central panel; exact transcription unclear.

Connections

Found at Lisht

Cross-references (1)

  • PNM-Object pnm:83893327 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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