Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III
Description
Faience
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.
Green faience scarab-shaped amulet with an incised oval cartouche-like field on its back and a raised border around the central motif.
The image shows a small, green glaze faience scarab viewed from above. Its back consists of a rounded oval scarab body with a raised central oval area. Within the central field there is an incised design that resembles hieroglyphic-like strokes but the specific characters cannot be read clearly at this resolution. No clear cartouche outline or legible throne name text is distinguishable from the photograph. A dark outline marks the incised central elements, and the surface shows glossy highlights consistent with faience glaze. The legs and wings typical of scarabs are not clearly visible from this angle; the object appears mainly as the sculpted back with an inscription panel. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
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.