Scarab with the name Aakheperkare (Thutmose I)
Description
faience
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.
Small oval blue-green faience scarab with the body facing upward; surface shows worn/incised details that are difficult to read.
The image shows a single oval scarab-shaped object, predominantly blue-green with darker and lighter patches from age or surface loss. The top (dorsal) surface has an irregular central area and scattered spots, likely remnants of carved design elements; however, no clearly legible hieroglyphs or detailed inscription are visible in this resolution/lighting. The edges are rounded and the back appears slightly concave/irregular at the center. No separate suspension loop or metal fittings are clearly discernible. The background is plain and the object is photographed against a light surface.
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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.