Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus
Green Glazed Steatite Scarab
Description
Caption: Green Glazed Steatite Scarab, ca. 1850–1860 C.E.. Steatite, glaze, 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (2 x 4.7 x 6.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 49.23.
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.
An oval artifact resembling a scarab.
The image depicts an oval-shaped artifact, possibly a scarab, with a smooth surface and minimal visible markings. It appears to be a stone or faience object with a polished finish. There are no detailed inscriptions or carvings visible on the surface, and the overall form is simplistic.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 49.23 tier-2
- BKM-Object 62514 tier-2
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- 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.