Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Small Scarab Amulet
Description
Caption: Small Scarab Amulet, 305–30 B.C.E.. Lapis lazuli, gold, 3/16 x 7/16 x 7/16 in. (0.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.716E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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, gold object with a flat surface on which red markings are visible.
The artifact appears to be a small, gold piece, possibly an amulet or seal, with red markings on its flat surface. The markings resemble stylized symbols or text, indicating it might have been inscribed. The object is placed against a textured background, which enhances its metallic sheen.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
gold
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.716E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117319 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.