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Scarab of Ramesses II

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Description

Scarab, Ramesses II. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Feldspar. L. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Scarabs. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

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, oval Egyptian scarab carved in a turquoise/green stone, showing incised symbols on its top.

The object appears as a domed, oval scarab with a flat bottom (not fully visible) and a worn/abraded surface. The upper face contains a central set of incised elements resembling hieroglyphic or motif-like strokes arranged in horizontal and vertical groupings. No clearly readable royal cartouche or explicitly identifiable deity figure can be confirmed from the available image resolution. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The stone color suggests a turquoise-like material consistent with a feldspar/greenstone glaze tradition, but the image alone cannot verify the exact mineral beyond the catalogued feldspar. The condition looks fair-to-good with some surface wear and discoloration, but the incised marks remain partially legible as general strokes rather than specific, determinable signs.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside (catalogued) good
Materials turquoise/green stone (catalogued feldspar)
Signs Unidentified incised hieroglyphic-like motif (central group of strokes; exact signs unclear)
Visible text "Incised central motif consisting of horizontal bands and vertical strokes; not clearly readable as specific hieroglyphs in this image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Incised central motif consisting of horizontal bands and vertical strokes; not clearly readable as specific hieroglyphs in this image.

Connections

Royals Ramesses II

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280102 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.217 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559679 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.