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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Scarab with Royal Solar Filiations Title
Description
<p>This steatite scarab is inscribed on the underside in sunk relief with the royal "solar filiations" title in a Maat-related phrase. The back in incised with a simple design with short and aligned side-notches and a deeply incised head section. The workmanship of the piece is rough and it is poorly made. The piece functioned as an amulet with royal motto and divine provider individualization, and was originally mounted or threaded. The amulet should provide its owner with the support of the king, as well as of Amun.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.75' rel='external'>Scarab with Royal Solar Filiations Title</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.
Oval scarab-shaped amulet covered with a light blue-green glaze over beige stone, bearing engraved hieroglyphic decoration in shallow relief.
The object is a scarab/oval plaque with a glazed surface showing extensive age-related cracking (craquelure) and areas of dark oxidation along the incised lines. The visible field contains black/greenish engraved motifs that resemble hieroglyphic signs: on the left a large round sign or enclosed disk-like element is surrounded by smaller marks; across the central area there are curved and vertical incisions forming the impression of a hieroglyphic composition; on the right there is a tall, column-like group of vertical strokes. No clearly legible full royal name or cartouche is confidently identifiable at this resolution. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The iconography appears consistent with an inscribed scarab, but specific deities and royal solar filiations names cannot be securely read.
unclear
unknown (scarab/amulet form suggests Egyptian Late Period to Roman Period, but insufficient detail to date confidently)
good
Materials
beige steatitelight blue-green glaze
Signs
unknown hieroglyphic sign (enclosed round/disk-like element)
unknown hieroglyphic sign (curved/ankh-like or seated form within incised outline)
unknown hieroglyphic sign (vertical-stroke column)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] ""Solar filiations"" title as part of a Maat-related royal phrase. The m3c.t-feather is reversed: Perfect of Maat is the Son of Re.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.75 tier-2
- Walters-id 19775 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.
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