Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose III
Description
Scarab; Menkheperre; simple back. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Steatite (glazed). L. 1.8 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.3 cm (1/2 in); h. 0.9 cm (3/8 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.
Glazed steatite scarab with a greenish glassy coating and an incised shield-like inscription panel on the back.
The image shows the dorsal view of a small ancient Egyptian scarab. The scarab is rendered in a greenish glazed material (likely steatite with glaze). The back is outlined by a raised border and contains an inscribed field: a central horizontal bar with short divisions, flanked by two small vertical motifs. Above the central area is a horizontally banded/zigzag element, and below are additional small incisions that suggest hieroglyphic signs. No cartouches are clearly legible in the provided image, and no deity figures are unmistakably identifiable from the visible signs. The inscription appears to be a set of hieroglyphs typical of scarab backs, but individual signs are not confident enough to transcribe precisely from this resolution/angle.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116277131 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.3.319 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559878 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.