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Scarab with Sobek and Uraei

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Description

Second Intermediate Period, ca. 1640–1500 B.C. (late Middle Bronze Age IIB-IIC). Steatite, traces of green glaze. L. 2.3 × W. 1.6 × H. 1 cm (7/8 × 5/8 × 3/8 in.). From: Cemetery, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Scarabs. 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.

Oval scarab-shaped amulet in brownish steatite, decorated with a central seated figure or deity and surrounding raised borders.

The image shows a polished, oval scarab/amulet with a raised, incised design within a bordered field. In the center there is a blackened/inked silhouette of a standing or seated hybrid-looking figure (not fully legible at this resolution), with darker outlines and some lighter painted or inlaid areas around it. The lower portion includes a striped band-like motif. A small greenish patch of surface color appears near the lower right/edge of the central design, consistent with reported glaze traces. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or legible inscriptions are visible; only decorative motifs are discernible.

decorative Second Intermediate Period (as catalogued) good
Deities Sobek (associated with the catalogue title; not clearly confirmable from the image)Uraeus (associated with the catalogue title; not clearly confirmable from the image)
Materials steatite (brown/tan body)traces of green glaze (small greenish areas)

Connections

Found at Lisht
Deities Sobek

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116281787 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.431 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 557092 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.