Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Scarab Inscribed with the Name and Titles of Vizier Djedkhonsuiufankh

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Description

Lapis lazuli

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 lapis-lazuli scarab-shaped amulet shown from the front with incised figure and vertical column of hieroglyphic-style marks on the body.

The image shows an oval scarab amulet made of a deep blue material consistent with lapis lazuli, photographed against a light background. The scarab’s body surface has incised/depressed areas that form a dense arrangement of dark-blue/black lines, including what appears to be a vertical inscription column or clustered hieroglyphic signs. Several grouped marks along the left side resemble hieroglyph-like strokes and curves, while a central band shows additional carved lines forming a figure or emblem-like motif (exact identification not fully legible at this resolution). No cartouche boundaries are clearly visible, and no readable royal titulary can be confidently transcribed.

decorative Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue ground truth; exact inscriptions not legible enough to confirm visually). good
Materials lapis lazuli
Signs Unidentified hieroglyphic signs (incised/engraved) ×10

Connections

Deities Khonsu

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243745 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.7.311 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555217 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.