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Scarab of Thutmose IV

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Description

<p>This amulet should secure the everlasting stability and royal authority for Thutmose IV, whose throne name is in the cartouche, and provide a private owner with his royal patronage. One can speculate that scarabs with a royal name and this epithet were distributed during the foundation rituals of temples or monuments.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.72' rel='external'>Scarab of Thutmose IV</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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.

An oval scarab amulet with a raised, decorated base and a central cartouche-like field containing an enthroned or standing deity figure and surrounding signs.

The image shows a small, oval scarab/amulet with a thick raised border. On the left, there is a horizontal panel containing several small, rectangular or block-like signs arranged in rows; on the right, a framed vertical oval includes a seated or standing human/figure rendered in outline with a headdress and a patterned garment. The surface is mottled with patches of blue-green and darker staining consistent with ancient glaze traces or mineral discoloration. No clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The inscription/signs are present but are not clear enough to reliably transcribe or identify as a specific royal name beyond the catalogue attribution. The overall style is consistent with scarab iconography, though the exact reading is uncertain from the provided image resolution.

decorative New Kingdom (18th Dynasty), unclear specific reign based on image alone good
Deities Unclear human/associated divine figure (details not sufficient for confident deity ID)
Materials brown steatiteblue-green glaze traces
Signs Unidentified hieroglyphic/block signs in a horizontal panel (exact reading unclear) ×10

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[Translation] Throne name of King Thutmose IV in a cartouche combined with a wish formula: Men-kheperu-Re, / (whose) monuments are everlasting.

Connections

Royals Thutmose IV

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 42.72 tier-2
  • Walters-id 10835 tier-2

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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
  • 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.