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Scarab Inscribed with the Name Sehetepibre

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Description

Dark blue 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.

Small dark-blue faience scarab-shaped amulet bearing incised hieroglyphic inscription on its upper surface.

The object is an oval, scarab-like faience piece viewed from the front/top. The surface is dark blue with lighter turquoise-blue areas where the glaze remains; some weathering or pitting is visible around the edges. The upper face contains a vertical arrangement of incised hieroglyphs (non-cartouche form), with a clear eye-like form at the top and blocky glyphs below. No full royal cartouche is confidently legible at this resolution; individual sign forms suggest an inscription but the exact text cannot be securely transcribed. No other scripts (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible. The background is plain white, and no mounting or suspension loop is clearly shown.

hieroglyphic only Second Intermediate Period (per catalogue) good
Royals Sehetepibre (catalogue name; not fully legible from image)
Materials dark blue faience (glazed)turquoise-blue glaze/flaking areas
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs (mixed forms; inscription preserved but not fully readable) ×5

Connections

Found at Lisht
Royals Amenemhat I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116282303 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.180.1204 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 557022 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.