Scarab Inscribed With the Name Aakheperenre (Thutmose II)
Description
Glazed steatite
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.
Photograph of an oval scarab seal carved in relief and glazed, with an incised inscription on the face.
The object is a small, oval scarab with a domed back and a flat face. The face carries a raised/engraved scene of the scarab beetle motif and surrounding border. The glaze is turquoise/blue with worn dark edges and reddish-brown staining or oxidation at the rim. Incised hieroglyphic signs are visible on the scarab face, though the individual sign forms are not clear enough in this image to transcribe reliably. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No clearly identifiable royal cartouche is readable at this resolution. The background is plain light gray; no additional labels or mounting are visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276655 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.145 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547592 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.