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Scarab Inscribed with the Name Amtenhotep

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Steatite, glazed

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 small oval scarab/seal amulet made of glazed material, with an incised inscription on the top surface filled by greenish/black glaze remnants.

The image shows a compact oval scarab-shaped object photographed against a light background. The top face is covered with an incised panel containing dark lines and signs, with greenish glaze and staining filling parts of the grooves. The border/frame around the central inscription is visible as a raised circular/oval rim. The underside and sides show irregular glaze wear and chipped areas. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or deity names can be confidently read at this resolution, though the object clearly carries an inscription consistent with a scarab seal. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom (consistent with scarab form and catalogue attribution; inscription not legible enough for tighter dating) poor
Royals Amtenhotep (name inscription claimed by catalogue; not clearly legible in the image)
Materials glaze (greenish with dark incised fill)stone/ceramic-like core (likely steatite per catalogue)
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs (unreadable/uncertain) ×6

Connections

Royals Amenhotep I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244492 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.128 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554727 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.