WALTERS-EG
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Scarab of Thutmose IV
Description
<p>Images of cobras and Maat-feathers surround the throne name of Thutmose IV, securing the royal authority for the king, as well as the support of Amun. It should provide a private owner with this king's royal patronage and divine protection.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.73' 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.
A glazed, oval scarab/seal-shaped Egyptian artifact showing a central vertical hieroglyphic motif with surrounding border elements on a turquoise/green background.
The image shows a close-up of a scarab-like oval amuletic object with an engraved design. The field is turquoise/green with brown/dark incised details. In the center there is a vertical rectangular cartouche-like frame containing stacked or closely grouped motifs, including a crown-like or head/feather-like form above a pair of circular/lotus-like elements and a base figure that resembles a kneeling or standing human/figure. On both sides of the central motif are additional vertical forms resembling stylized standards or hieroglyphic strokes, flanked by small curved elements near the bottom corners. The outer rim has a darker border, and there is wear/oxidation with areas of mottled brown and turquoise glaze loss/spalling. No clearly legible full inscription or royal cartouche text is confidently readable from this image alone.
decorative
New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) likely; exact date uncertain based on image alone.
good
Royals
Thutmose IV (claimed by catalogue; not legible/confirmable in provided image)
Materials
beige steatite core (not directly verifiable but implied by catalogue)blue-green glaze (visible across the surface)
Signs
unclear hieroglyphic/corrective motifs within central frame (possibly part of a royal name or devotional formula) ×5
Visible text
"Central engraved signs are present but the exact wording (including Thutmose IV cartouche) is not clearly legible in the image."
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[Translation] Throne name of King Thutmose IV in a cartouche: Men-kheperu-Re.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.73 tier-2
- Walters-id 34341 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.