Scarab Inscribed for Amenhotep III
Description
Mica schist, glazed
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 blue-glazed oval scarab seal inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs arranged in a cartouche-like oval border.
The image shows a single, oval scarab amulet/seal rendered in a light blue tone with darker blue hieroglyphic incisions. An outer oval/border frames the inscription. Within the field, multiple hieroglyph signs are visible in a horizontal arrangement; several are clearly in outline with darkened edges, though the exact reading is not fully legible from the resolution. No clear cartouche spelling a royal name (e.g., Amenhotep III) can be securely identified, though the catalogue attribution suggests an inscription for Amenhotep III. No other scripts (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible, and no clear depiction of deities is present beyond the hieroglyphic text. The surface appears glazed and possibly with small chips or cracking typical of glazed objects.
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.