Scarab
Description
Caption: Scarab, 1880–1890 C.E.. Faience or glazed steatite, 1/4 × 7/16 × 9/16 in. (0.7 × 1.1 × 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.194.
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small scarab amulet with carved details on its surface.
The image depicts a scarab amulet that appears to have been used as a personal ornament or a seal. It features detailed carvings that may include hieroglyphs or symbolic representations typical of Egyptian scarabs. The craftsmanship appears delicate, suggesting skilled workmanship. A measuring scale is visible, indicating the artifact's size as small.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.194 tier-2
- BKM-Object 10006 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.