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Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose III

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Description

Scarab; Menkheperre, millions of years; notched back. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 1.6 cm (5/8 in); w. 1.2 cm (1/2 in); h. 0.7 cm (1/4 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 glazed steatite scarab seal with the throne-name cartouche of an 18th-Dynasty king inscribed in raised/dark lines on the back.

The image shows an oval scarab with a green glossy glaze over a steatite body. The scarab back is framed by a border of concentric/arched decorative lines. Within the central field, a cartouche-like oval contains hieroglyphic signs rendered in dark pigment/raised lines; the internal signs include multiple vertical strokes and a seated/standing human figure-like glyph, but the exact reading is not fully certain from the image resolution. No clearly legible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The object condition appears intact with minor surface wear at edges and some speckling typical of glaze wear. The catalogue title attributes the inscription to the throne name of Thutmose III; the cartouche format and kingly inscription are consistent with that description, but the specific throne name cannot be conclusively verified from the provided image alone.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (18th Dynasty; Thutmose III per catalogue) good
Royals Thutmose III (throne name per catalogue; exact reading unclear)
Materials steatite (glazed)green glaze
Signs cartouche/oval containing hieroglyphs multiple vertical stroke signs ×2 human figure-like hieroglyph (part of inscription) horned/standing animal-like or tall wedge-shaped sign (possibly part of throne-name)
Visible text "Central cartouche with hieroglyphs (throne name of Thutmose III per catalogue), exact transcription unclear from the image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Central cartouche with hieroglyphs (throne name of Thutmose III per catalogue), exact transcription unclear from the image.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Royals Thutmose III
Materials SteatiteGreen Glaze

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116277506 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.315 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559874 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.