Scarab Inscribed with the Names of Amun-Re and Neit
Description
Light green 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.
A small oval scarab inscribed with an epigraphic design on the dorsal surface, photographed against a plain background.
The object is an oval, dome-shaped scarab with a worn/dusty surface. The back (dorsal) face shows a shallow central motif resembling a circular or oval cartouche-like element at the top, below which are horizontal bar-like bands and a wavy zigzag/serpentine line. Near the middle-lower section there is a bilaterally placed, roughly X/Y-like form that could be decorative or part of the inscription layout, though the exact hieroglyphs are not legible at this resolution. No clear legible royal cartouches or full hieroglyph groups can be confidently read. The light-colored material appears sandy/stone-like rather than clearly light green in the provided photograph; however, the cataloged material is light green faience. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116420810 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 09.180.953 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 553402 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.