Scarab
Description
Caption: Scarab, ca. 1920 C.E.. Faience, glaze, 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (2.3 × 3.8 × 5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 47.183.
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, rounded scarab-shaped object shown in close-up, with the underside marked by incised bands resembling legs or segmentation.
The image shows a compact scarab-like amulet/object photographed against a light background, with a ruler on the right for scale. The top appears domed with shallow decorative contours around the head/body area. The underside or front facet includes a vertical arrangement of incised lines/bands and short notches near the edges that resemble carved detail typical of scarab forms. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible in the provided image. The surface looks glazed and reflective in places, consistent with a ceramic/glazed material.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.183 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60562 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.