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Scarab Inscribed Wosretkau (Hatshepsut)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 27.3.287. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 27.3.287
Find spot: Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Date range: 1479 BCE – 1458 BCE
Materials: ['steatite (glazed)']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Scarab Inscribed Wosretkau (Hatshepsut) (27.3.287). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/60327

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Description

Scarab; Wosretkau; notched back. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 1.7 ×W. 1.2 cm (11/16 × 1/2 in.). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 7 (G), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Scarabs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1927.

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.

A small green glazed scarab-shaped amulet/cylinder seal showing incised panels of dark hieroglyphs on its flat face.

The image shows a rounded, oval scarab-like object photographed front-on against a white background. Its surface is green with a glossy glaze, and the incised inscription appears as dark, raised/filled hieroglyphic signs or strokes arranged in two stacked rectangular areas (upper and lower) separated by a narrow horizontal space. A stylized upright figure/sign with two downward-facing prongs appears near the center, while the lower register contains paired forked/ankh-like forms and additional vertical strokes. No cartouche or clear royal name is legible at this resolution. No deities are explicitly identifiable from the visible signs. The object’s material appears consistent with a glazed steatite scarab as given in the catalogue.

decorative New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; exact reign uncertain from image) good

Materials green glazed ceramic/steatite appearance

Signs Incised hieroglyphic signs in two registers (specific signs not reliably legible) ×6

Visible text "Unreadable from image resolution; appears to be a hieroglyphic inscription in two stacked registers."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Unreadable from image resolution; appears to be a hieroglyphic inscription in two stacked registers.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri

Royals Hatshepsut

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116279772 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 27.3.287 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 559856 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.