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Scarab Inscribed with the Name of the God Amun-Re

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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. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 1.1 cm (7/16 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: Amun, 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.

Photograph of a small green-glazed scarab amulet inscribed on its back with a ringed cartouche-like sign group and linear hieroglyphic lines.

The object is an oval scarab/“scarabaeus” amulet in a green translucent glaze over a dark core, photographed against a white background. The back shows incised hieroglyphic-style signs arranged in horizontal bands. A prominent circular/looped element is visible near the center, framed by surrounding strokes that resemble hieroglyphic signs. Additional short vertical and horizontal strokes appear above and below the central motif within rectangularized compartments. No clearly readable full name of Amun-Re is identifiable from the image resolution; individual signs are not confidently transliterable, though the layout is consistent with an inscription. No separate Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (per catalogue; exact dynasty uncertain from image) good
Deities Amun-Re (inscribed name per catalogue; not explicitly legible)
Materials glazed steatite (green glaze)
Signs incised hieroglyphic sign group (inscription lines; central looped/circular sign) ×6

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri
Deities AmunRaAmun-Ra

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276912 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 27.3.344 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559895 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.