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Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose I

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Description

Steatite, 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 green-glazed scarab-shaped stamp-seal is shown in a close-up, with dark incised glyphs on its face.

The image depicts the front of a small scarab (or scarab-like stamp-seal) with a glossy green surface. The central field is filled by a large, dark motif resembling a hieroglyphic sign: a tall, diagonal/angled form that reads visually like the character for “ankh” or a related wedge/sign form, accompanied by adjacent smaller incised signs inside a rounded/outlined rectangle. The back/underside is not visible. No clear cartouche or full throne-name inscription is legible at this resolution; only partial glyph shapes can be discerned. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The background is plain and modern, with no contextual mounting visible.

decorative New Kingdom (likely 18th Dynasty), but exact reign uncertain from the visible inscription. good
Materials glazedgreen faience/stone (consistent with steatite-like fabric), exact attribution uncertain from image
Signs Unidentified hieroglyphic sign (large incised wedge/ankh-like form) Unidentified hieroglyphic signs within rounded/outlined frame ×2
Visible text "Partial, non-completely legible incised hieroglyphs; no clear, complete throne name of Thutmose I visible in this image."

Connections

Royals Thutmose I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276332 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.130.49 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 560689 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.