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Scarab Inscribed with the Name of the God Amun-Re

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 27.3.342. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 27.3.342
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 with the Name of the God Amun-Re (27.3.342). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/60364

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Description

Scarab; Amun-Re; 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. 1.1 cm (7/16 in); h. 0.7 cm (1/4 in). From: Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 9 (I), 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 an oval field containing incised figures and what appear to be vertical hieroglyphic sign strokes.

The image shows a small, oval scarab made of green-glazed material. The scarab is photographed front-on against a light background. Within the central recessed oval, there are dark incised marks: a central standing figure-like form (or clustered signs) flanked by additional vertical strokes and curved/looped elements. Above and around the central area are horizontal bands with short, repeated elements that resemble decorative or inscription-related lines. A surrounding border frames the scene/inscription. No clear cartouche text is legible at this resolution, and no explicit deity determinative or readable name is certain. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The surface appears glazed (green over yellow-green ground) with darkened incisions.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued); specific reign unclear from image good

Deities Amun-Re (catalogue attribution; not clearly legible in image)

Materials steatite (glazed)

Signs incised vertical sign strokes / figure-like hieroglyphic forms ×3 incised horizontal band(s) with repeated small elements ×2 incised loop/oval elements (possibly sign components) ×2

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri

Deities Amun Ra Amun-Ra

Materials Steatite

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116276916 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 27.3.342 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 559893 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.