Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Uninscribed Heart Scarab
Description
Caption: Uninscribed Heart Scarab, 664–525 B.C.E.. Greywacke, 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (3.2 x 4.4 x 7 cm) Weight: 1/16 in. (101.6 g). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.168. (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 stone scarab amulet depicting a beetle.
The artifact is a carved stone scarab amulet, a common symbol in ancient Egypt representing rebirth and regeneration. The surface is smooth, with incised lines indicating the beetle's features. The back is undecorated, and the artifact shows some wear, suggesting historical use.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.168 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19229 tier-2
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