Scarab Inscribed with the Name of the God Amun-Re
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. 1.5 cm (9/16 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.
Oval scarab-shaped seal with a glazed green-black steatite surface, bearing incised/raised-style hieroglyphic signs on its face.
The image shows a small, oval scarab (scaraboid) with a glossy green glaze over a dark body, photographed straight-on. The scarab face contains a central motif resembling the early form of hieroglyphic text: a horizontal band of signs near the upper-middle, vertical strokes to the right, and a rounded sign near the lower-left. Incisions are clearly visible as dark raised lines against the lighter glazed background. No clearly legible cartouche or royal name is visible, and the exact wording corresponding to the god Amun-Re cannot be confirmed from the image resolution and stylization. No other scripts (Greek, Coptic, Arabic) are visible. No additional surface elements (e.g., suspension loop, back details) are shown in this view.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276911 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 27.3.345 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559896 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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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.